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Damien Chazelle

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (January 19, 1985- )
    Born in Providence , Rhode Island
    Directed the films 'Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009).' 'Whiplash (2014),' and 'La La Land (2016)'
    Wrote the screenplays for the films 'Grand Piano (2013)' and '10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)'
    Won the Academy Award for Best Director for 'La La Land' (February 26, 2017)

Why he might be annoying:

    He looks like Adam Brody and Justin Trudeau.
    During the filming of 'Whiplash,' he got into a serious automobile accident.
    Also during that same film's production, he also forced Miles Teller to keep drumming until he got really exhausted.
    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences deemed his script for 'Whiplash' as an Adapted Screenplay because it was based on one of his short films despite being nominated for Original Screenplay at other awards.
    He is divorced.
    He co-wrote the screenplay to the critically panned 'The Last Exorcism part II (2013).'

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father is a computer science professor at Princeton University.
    He is an alumnus of Harvard.
    Although filmmaking was his ambition, he also wanted to be a successful musician.
    'Whiplash' was based on his experience's in jazz class during high school.
    His screenplay for 'Whiplash' was listed in the 2012 Blacklist, a list of the greatest screenplays that have yet to be made into a movie.
    At 32 years, 37 days old, he became the youngest Best Director winner in Oscar history.

Credit: Birdienest81


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 134 Votes: 76.87% Annoying