List of awards and nominations received by Damien Chazelle
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This is a list of awards and nominations received by American director and screenwriter Damien Chazelle.
Chazelle made his directorial debut with the musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009). He wrote and directed his second feature film, Whiplash (2014), based on his award-winning 2013 short film of the same name. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival as the opening film where it won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic and went on to receive five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning three with Chazelle himself nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
He is also known for co-writing 10 Cloverfield Lane, and writing and directing La La Land, both released in 2016. For La La Land, he was nominated for several awards including two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director, Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, two BAFTA Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director and won two Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay and Best Director and also two Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay and Best Director, with the film itself receiving a record-breaking seven Golden Globes at the 74th Golden Globe Awards.
At 32, Chazelle is the youngest person to win the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director.[1][2]
Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Best Director | La La Land | Won | [3] |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Best Direction | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Best Direction | La La Land | Won | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Directors Guild of America Award
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | La La Land | Won |
Golden Globe Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Best Director – Motion Picture | La La Land | Won | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Won |