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Damien Chazelle

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471st of 1,031 in Hollywood

4 films led, $730M in reported gross.

Gross led
51
Consistency
22
Body of work
64
Momentum
49
Audience rating
96
The biggest Hollywood names
Born
19 January 1985
Birthplace
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Nationality
United States
Industry
Hollywood
In their own file

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.

Across the credits we hold

The record

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5 of 5 credits have a verdict, together taking $841M. The biggest was La La Land at $509M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.

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