Damien Chazelle
Biography
Damien Sayre Chazelle (/ʃəˈzɛl/; born January 19, 1985) is a French-American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romance La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period black comedy Babylon (2022).
For Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His biggest commercial success came with La La Land, nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning six, including Best Director, making him the youngest person to win the award at age 32. He has also directed two episodes of the Netflix limited series The Eddy (2020).
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Most directed genres
Recurring actors
The career in numbers
- US$ 181 mi Total budget from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 731 mi Total box office from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 36 mi Average budget from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 146 mi Average box office from 5 film(s) with data
- 7.3 Average rating from 6 film(s) with data
- 4.0× Return on investment from 5 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Babylon
|
2022 | US$ 78 mi | US$ 65 mi | 7.3 |
First Man
|
2018 | US$ 70 mi | US$ 106 mi | 7.0 |
La La Land
|
2016 | US$ 30 mi | US$ 509 mi | 7.9 |
Whiplash
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2014 | US$ 3 mi | US$ 50 mi | 8.4 |
Whiplash
|
2013 | — | — | 7.8 |
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
|
2010 | US$ 60,000 | US$ 35,556 | 5.4 |
Evel Knievel on Tour
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Sacrifice
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