Damien Chazelle

Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is a French-American filmmaker. 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. 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 has directed two episodes of the Netflix limited series ''The Eddy'' (2020). Provided by Wikipedia