Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1985. When he was young, Damien Chazelle was inspired by the film " Glory " directed by the director Ed Zwick about the American Civil War , determined to step into the film industry . But when he was in high school, Damien became obsessed with jazz drums . He can practice drumming for up to 6 hours a day . He aspires to become a jazz drummer. Soon after, he met a very strict music teacher. Under the tutoring of this teacher, he was selected into the national high school jazz band, but it also made him struggle for a long time in pain. Later, he had no choice but to give up because he was not making music after all . Damien Chazelle withdrew from the orchestra and entered the Harvard University Film Department to study visual and environmental studies. Only then did he discover that his true ambition was in film .    

During the Harvard university study Damien Chazelle still insist on playing the drums, and with Justin Hurwitz (Justin Hurwitz) has become a partner   , the two are roommates Harvard university, and also worked with the band in the school organization, and later chase movie together Dream   . In 2007, Damien Chazelle successfully graduated from Harvard university .

In 2013, Damien Chazelle served as the screenwriter for the feature film " Grand Piano "   and " The Last Exorcism Part II "   ; in 2014, Damien Chazelle directed the feature film " Whiplash " adapted from his own real experience   , which was composed of Miles Alexander Teller , Jonathan Kimble Simmons co-starred, telling the story of a young man who loves music trying hard to become a top jazz drummer. The   film won the 30th sundance film festival jury award and feature film audience award   . Damien Chazelle won with this film Nominated for the 87th Oscars Award for Best Adapted Screenplay   . After that, this film was listed as one of the top ten films by the American Film Institute and as the top twenty films of the year   by "Vision and Hearing" (British Film Magazine)  .

In 2016, Damien Chazelle directed the drama " La La Land ", starring Emma Jean Stone , Opie , and Jonathan Kimble Simmons . The film tells the love story between a jazz pianist and an actress with dreams . Damien Chazelle won the 89th Academy Awards Best Director Award , 74th Golden Globe Awards Best Director Award, Best Screenplay Award , and nominated for the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival . Similarly, the film is not only the opening film of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival , but also Damien Chazelle's unforgettable tribute to the classic Hollywood musicals . Later, this film was listed as one of the ten best films by the American Film Institute in 2016 .       

In 2018, Damien Chazelle directed the movie "The First Man on the Moon" co-starring Opie and Claire Foy . 

On May 9, 2020, the first two episodes of the limited musical series "The Whirlpool Club" directed by him released the theme song "The Eddy" and its MV. The theme song was sung by Grammy winner St. Vincent. The series has 8 episodes and was launched on Netflix on May 8. 

His father: Bernard Chazelle, French, computer expert, taught at Princeton University   , and a loyal fan of jazz and blues music   . His mother: Celia Chazelle, she is not only a writer, but also a professor of history at the State University of New Jersey   . His sister: an acrobat, she has a great influence on him in art.

Friends: Justin Hurwitz: Damien Chazelle during university study at Harvard still insist on playing the drums, and with Justin Hurwitz (Justin Hurwitz) has become a partner   , both are Harvard university roommate, also worked together The school organized a band and later chased film dreams together   .

Barry Jenkins: Damien Chazelle, winner of the 89th Oscar for Best Director, and Barry Jenkins, director of " Moonlight ", winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay , were interviewed by Variety Magazine the day after the Oscars. The two met for the first time in Colorado   . Chazele was a fan of Jenkins’s debut work " Medicine for Melancholy " before, and Jenkins also felt a kind of homesickness that he had never had before after watching " La La Land "   .

The post-85 director Damien Chazelle is a representative of the new forces in Hollywood that cannot be underestimated. However, when people praise him for his youthful fame and youth genius, Damien Chazelle wants to use his own story to tell us that no one in this world can casually. Success, geniuses are geniuses because they can stick to their dreams and follow their own hearts. According to Damien Chazelle, the birth of a superman or a genius requires a path full of blood and despair. Love and ideals, It is his motivation to persevere   .

Damien Chazelle's " Whiplash " has attracted the attention of independent film circles and even global fans   . From the use of music and emotional rendering in " Whiplash " to the retro mood and color combination in " La La Land ", Damien Chazelle fully demonstrated his control over various movie elements   .

In 2015, when Oscars judges voted online, they found that Damien Chazelle's " Whiplash " was originally classified as a nomination for the Best Adapted Screenplay from the selection list for the Best Original Screenplay Award. After investigation, it was discovered that Damien Chazelle himself was in 2013. Shooting a short film of the same name gives investors an opportunity to help make a feature film   .