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- 'Whiplash' (2014) Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist. Time will tell whether Damien Chazelle can ever make a movie that'll top Whiplash, but at the same time, maybe he never needs to; it'd be hard to top perfection, after all.
- 'La La Land' (2016) Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend. The most moving and bittersweet film directed by Damien Chazelle so far (by quite a considerable margin), La La Land saw the filmmaker returning to the realm of romantic musicals some years after Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, and essentially nailing it this time around.
- 'Babylon' (2022) Starring: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva. Babylon is absolutely wild, and in all honesty, trying to best summarize just how wild it is with words would involve using copious amounts of profanity...
- 'First Man' (2018) Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke. First Man was Damien Chazelle's fourth feature film, and ended up feeling like quite the departure from the sorts of movies he'd made prior to this.
- The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) - 15% Perhaps the most bizarre and unexpected movie that Damien Chazelle has been involved in is The Last Exorcism Part II.
- Grand Piano (2013) - 79% That same year saw the release of an English-language Spanish film called Grand Piano. Premiering at Fantastic Fest, Grand Piano stars Elijah Wood and John Cusack.
- First Man (2018) - 87% Chazelle's first major directorial effort to not focus on music, First Man serves as a tragic and touching biopic of Neil Armstrong.
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - 90% 10 Cloverfield Lane serves as a direct sequel to the found-footage monster movie, Cloverfield, although it couldn't be more different from its predecessor.
Sep 6, 2024 · Damien Chazelle ’s thrilling, agonizing, technically immaculate portrait of the toxic dynamic between an ambitious drummer named Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller, then best known for The Spectacular...
Sep 14, 2024 · Damien Chazelle and J.K. Simmons discuss their 20-day shoot, whirlwind production, broken ribs, Miles Teller, and more at TIFF after 10 years.
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Sep 20, 2024 · ‘Whiplash’ at 10: Damien Chazelle and Miles Teller on Their Breakout Hit and How It Remains a ‘Barometer’ for Their Work Today. To mark the 10th anniversary, a new 4K DCP of the film will...
He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romantic drama La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period film Babylon (2022). For Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Mar 8, 2023 · Having burst onto the scene with a one-two punch of critically-acclaimed smash hits in “Whiplash” and “La La Land”, the Oscar-winning director has continued to heap praise and accumulate accolades, being dubbed a precocious prodigy with a knack for character-driven stories with elaborate set-pieces and electrifying musical numbers.
