“I never desperately wanted to be a jazz drummer. If anything, I was motivated a lot by fear. Fear of the conductor, fear of the future.”

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About Damien Chazelle

French-American filmmaker

Damien Chazelle is a French-American filmmaker known for directing films that move between music, ambition, and pressure. His work includes Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018), and Babylon (2022). He is best known for Whiplash and La La Land, which brought him wide attention, and for later films that extend his interest in drive, performance, and the costs of success. Across these projects, his storytelling often centers on ambition and the intensity of artistic life.

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