Damien Chazell is an American screenwriter and director who became famous for his films Obsession and La La Land. He became the youngest director in Hollywood history to receive the prestigious Academy Award for his directorial work.
Damien is not only a screenwriter and director, he also owns camera work, is a producer and actor. They started talking about his talent right after the appearance of the first films. Chazell received a huge number of awards and nominations as a director and screenwriter for his La La Land painting.
early years
The boy was born in America in January 1985. His mother is a historian, writer and teacher, and his father is a famous scientist. From early childhood Damien became interested in art. In school, he played in one of the jazz groups, and the image of his teacher Damien was later embodied in his film "Obsession". Although the young man devoted a lot of time to music education, he soon realized that he was not destined to become a famous musician, and he went deeper into cinema.
After school, the young man continued his studies at Harvard University, where he began to study the art of cinema. And soon his childhood dream of working in the cinema began to come true.
Creative career
From the very beginning of his creative career, Damien decided to undertake serious and large projects. He began to write scripts and soon realized that in order to realize his stories, you need to do it yourself in order to fully convey your feelings and emotions to the audience.
He wrote his first serious script for the film "Obsession", based on his own experiences, which were based on the relationship between teacher and student. Damien himself decided that the script was too crude and forgot about it for a while. But soon he told one of the producers about his creative work, who was very interested in the topic and offered to make a film. The budget allocated for shooting was only enough for a short film, but after showing it to film critics and film producers, Chazell immediately received an offer to shoot a full-fledged picture. The film made Damien famous and immediately brought several nominations for the Academy Award "Academy Award".
After 3 years, Chazelle begins to work on the picture "La La Land", which has become even more successful work than "Obsession". The film was immediately accepted not only by the public, but also by film critics. Filled with music, inspiration, dream, love and romance, the film became one of the best musicals shot in recent years, and received six Academy Award straight away.
Damien in his interviews said that the idea of the film was born in his youth, while studying at the university. He and his friend decided to shoot a musical in the spirit of the 50s, and for this they spent a long time watching old photographs of famous Hollywood stars, analyzing their costumes, locations and the best moments of famous films. A youthful dream has come true in a beautiful picture, where there is the spirit of the old cinema and a completely new approach to cinema, a talented screenwriter and director Chazell.
In addition to two Oscar-winning paintings in Damien’s creative biography, there are several more works, in particular: “Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench” (debut picture), “The Last Exile of the Devil: The Second Coming”, “Cloverfield, 10”, “Man on the Moon”"
