![]() ![]() Simmons) in Chazelle's breakout film Whiplash. He has said that he had an intense music teacher in the Princeton High School Studio Band, who was the inspiration for the character of Terence Fletcher ( J.K. įilmmaking was Chazelle's first love, but he subsequently wanted to be a musician and struggled to make it as a jazz drummer at Princeton High School. Their English-born maternal grandfather, John Martin, is the son of stage actress Eileen Earle. Ĭhazelle has a sister, Anna, who is an actress. Ĭhazelle was raised in Princeton, New Jersey, where, although a Catholic, he attended a Hebrew school for four years due to his parents' dissatisfaction with his religious education at a church Sunday school. His mother, Celia, is from an English-Canadian family based in Calgary, Alberta, and teaches medieval history at The College of New Jersey. ![]() His French-American father, Bernard Chazelle, is the Eugene Higgins Professor of computer science at Princeton University, and was born in Clamart, France. He made his television debut directing the Netflix limited series The Eddy (2020).Ĭhazelle was born in Providence, Rhode Island to a Catholic family. His biggest commercial success came with La La Land, which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning six including Best Director, making him the youngest person to win the award at age 32. He is known for directing the films Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018) and Babylon (2022).įor Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Damien Sayre Chazelle ( / ʃ ə ˈ z ɛ l/ born January 19, 1985) is a French-American film director, screenwriter and producer. ![]()
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