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List of Damien Chazelle
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Chazelle at the 2014 Deauville American Film Festival
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Academy Awards
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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]

Major associations

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Academy Awards

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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

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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

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film La La Land Won

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Best Director – Motion Picture La La Land Won
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Won

Other awards and nominations

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AACTA International Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Direction Whiplash Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2017 Best Direction La La Land Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Best Director La La Land Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Aspen Shortsfest

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Short Film Prize Whiplash (Short) Won

Austin Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Boston Society of Film Critics

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Director La La Land Won

Bram Stoker Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Screenplay 10 Cloverfield Lane Nominated

Calgary International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Maverick Award Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Nominated
2014 Best Narrative Feature Whiplash Won

Camerimage Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Directorial Debut Whiplash Nominated

Cannes Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Queer Palm Award Whiplash Nominated

Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Picture La La Land Won

Chicago Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash Nominated
Most Promising Filmmaker Won
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash Nominated
2016 Best Director La La Land Won
Best Screenplay Won
2018 Best Director First Man Nominated
2022 Babylon Nominated

Denver Film Critics Society

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash Nominated
2017 Best Director La La Land Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Denver International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Emerging Filmmaker Award Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Won

Detroit Film Critics Society

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Breakthrough Artist Whiplash Won
Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won
2016 Best Director La La Land Won

Florida Film Critics Circle

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Pauline Kael Breakout Award Whiplash Won
2016 Best Director La La Land Won
Best Screenplay Nominated

Gaudí Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Non-Catalan Language Film Grand Piano Nominated

Gotham Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Nominated

Hamptons International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Audience Award: Best Narrative Feature La La Land Won

Houston Film Critics Society

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Director Whiplash Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2017 Best Director La La Land Won
Best Screenplay Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Director Whiplash Nominated

London Film Critics' Circle

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Screenwriter of the Year Whiplash Won
2017 Director of the Year La La Land Nominated
Screenwriter of the Year Nominated

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated

Mill Valley Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Audience Award (Best U.S. Feature Film) Whiplash Won

MTV Movie Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Movie Whiplash Nominated

National Society of Film Critics

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Best Director La La Land Nominated

Online Film Critics Society

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash Nominated
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash Nominated
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Satellite Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Director Whiplash Nominated
2017 Best Director La La Land Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Saturn Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best Writing Whiplash Nominated
Best Independent Film Won
2017 Best Independent Film La La Land Won

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Screenplay Whiplash Nominated
2016 Best Director La La Land Won
Best Screenplay Nominated

Sundance Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction Whiplash (Short) Won
Short Film Grand Jury Prize Nominated
2014 Audience Award (Dramatic) Whiplash Won
Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) Won

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best North American Independent Film Whiplash Nominated

Torino Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Feature Film (Special Jury Prize) Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Won
Best Feature Film (Prize of the City of Torino) Nominated

Toronto Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated

Toronto International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 People's Choice Award La La Land Won

Valladolid International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Golden Spike (Best Film) Whiplash Nominated
Pilar Miró Award (Best New Director) Won

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Director La La Land Nominated

Venice Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Golden Lion La La Land Nominated
2018 First Man Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Director Whiplash Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2016 Best Director La La Land Won
Best Original Screenplay Won

Writers Guild of America Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash Nominated
2016 La La Land Nominated
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References

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  1. ^ F. Brinley Bruton (27 February 2017). "Oscars 2017: Damien Chazelle Is Youngest to Win Best Director". NBC News.
  2. ^ Roberts, Amy (4 January 2017). "Who's The Youngest Best Director Winner In Golden Globes History? 'La La Land' Director Damien Chazelle Could Break The Record". Bustle. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Glamour at the Oscars 2017 – Prestige Magazine". Prestige Magazine. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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