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Damien Chazelle

22 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

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Damien Chazelle in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$222M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

First Man

$106M

Standout efficiency

15.3x

Whiplash · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$231M

Combined reported budget

$85M

Gross / budget

2.7x

Bankability Index

34 / 100

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