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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Damien Chazelle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Damien Chazelle
La La Land
Whiplash
10 Cloverfield Lane
First Man
Babylon
Cam
The Last Exorcism Part II
Grand Piano
Whiplash
Cold Comes the Night
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (52 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Heart of the Beast | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Tribeca 25 | Self | Movie | 2026 |
 | DRUMMER | Thanks | Movie | 2026 |
 | Ritratti di cinema | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Hollywood Babylon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Mr. Jimmy | Thanks | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Costumes of Babylon | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | Babylon | Writer | Movie | 2022 |
| Babylon | Director | Movie | 2022 |
 | Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Mostra, Venise | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Fellini of the Spirits | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Eddy | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
| The Eddy | Director | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | La La La | Self - Director | Movie | 2018 |
 | Friedkin Uncut | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | First Man | Director | Movie | 2018 |
| First Man | Producer | Movie | 2018 |
 | Cam | Thanks | Movie | 2018 |
 | Dead Pigs | Thanks | Movie | 2018 |
 | La La Land | Writer | Movie | 2016 |
| La La Land | Lyricist | Movie | 2016 |
| La La Land | Director | Movie | 2016 |
 | Movies with Ali Plumb | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Screenplay | Movie | 2016 |
 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Whiplash | Writer | Movie | 2014 |
| Whiplash | Director | Movie | 2014 |
| Whiplash | Original Film Writer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Grand Piano | Writer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Cold Comes the Night | Thanks | Movie | 2013 |
 | He's Way More Famous Than You | Thanks | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Last Exorcism Part II | Writer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Whiplash | Director | Movie | 2013 |
| Whiplash | Writer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Drumming Instructor (uncredited) | Movie | 2010 |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Writer | Movie | 2010 |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Director | Movie | 2010 |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Editor | Movie | 2010 |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Production Supervisor | Movie | 2010 |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Director of Photography | Movie | 2010 |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Songs | Movie | 2010 |
| Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | Producer | Movie | 2010 |
 | Beeswax | Post Production Assistant | Movie | 2009 |
| Untitled Matthew Vaughn Musical | Writer | Movie | — | |
| The Claim | Writer | Movie | — | |
| Evel Knievel on Tour | Director | Movie | — | |
| Sacrifice | Director | Movie | — | |
| Sacrifice | Writer | Movie | — | |
| Sacrifice | Producer | Movie | — |