Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle

  • Born: 1985-1-19
  • Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
  • Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
  • Profession: Director, screenwriter
  • Nationality: America
  • Graduate School: Harvard University
  • Representative Works: La La Land, Whiplash
  • Damien Chazelle (Damien Chazelle), born on January 19, 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, graduated from Harvard university, American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
    In 2009, directed his personal film debut " Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench " [1]  . In 2014, the directed feature film " Whiplash " won the Sundance Film Festival Jury Award and nominated for the 87th Oscars Best Adapted Screenplay Award [2]  . In 2016, directed the drama " La La Land " won The 89th Academy Awards Best Director Award [3]  , 73rd Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Award nominations [4]  , and became the youngest Oscars Best Director in Oscars history The winner of the prize [5] . In 2019, Damien Chazelle will write and direct the original feature film "Babylon" [6] .  

    Early Experience

    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 .

    Performing Experience

    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. 

    Personal Life

    Damien Chazelle family background

    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.

    Damien Chazelle Love Life

    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 "   .

    Character Evaluation

    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   .

    Character Dispute

    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   .
    Extended Reading
    • Virginie 2022-10-17 19:29:45

      Moon landing a little thing

      A very typical American biographical film. There are not too many grand space scenes, but constantly outline Armstrong's space career with details and facial close-ups. The Apollo 11 moon landing only took up half an hour of the two-hour duration, and the emphasis on previous failures and...

    • Americo 2022-10-17 03:05:57

      secret and great

      2019/1/1 First man (the first film I watched in 2019, because the final week has been delayed for so long before I start my first film review)

      I have always been a fan of Damian and Commander Gao. I have been following this young talent since the burst drummer, and I have a good impression of...

    First Man quotes

    • Neil Armstrong: The Eagle's undocked.

      Capcom: Roger, how does it look?

      Neil Armstrong: The Eagle has wings.

    • Neil Armstrong: Well, it's about how you Rendevous with the Agena. If you thrust it actually slows you down because it puts you into a higher orbit, so you have to reduce thrust and drop into a lower orbit in order to catch up. It's backwards from what they teach you as a pilot, but if you work the math, it follows.