Damien Chazelle

French-American filmmaker

4.45body-of-work score · ranked #247 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 19, 1985 · Providence
Nationality
United States, France
Work
screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer, film or television director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Damien Chazelle
isabelle VERONESE from ELBEUF, France · CC BY-SA 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    2016 · United States · romance, comedy, drama

    BAFTA Best Film winner 2017 · TIFF People's Choice winner 2016 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2016

    2.294 citations
  2. 2

    2014 · United States · musical, drama

    Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner 2014 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2014 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2015 #7

    2.166 citations

Complete filmography

All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 2009Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
  • 2013Whiplash
  • 2014Whiplash
  • 2016La La Land
  • 2018First Man
  • 2020The Stunt Double
  • 2022Babylon