FILM DIRECTOR

Damien Chazelle

1985 - Today

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Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romantic drama La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period film Babylon (2022). For Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damien Chazelle has received more than 7,331,349 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Damien Chazelle is the 969th most popular film director (up from 1,206th in 2019), the 6,198th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,183rd in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Damien Chazelles by language

Over the past year Damien Chazelle has had the most page views in the with 751,367 views, followed by French (188,489), and Italian (97,319). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Danish (922.22%), Bengali (417.86%), and Belarusian (85.48%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Damien Chazelle ranks 969 out of 2,041. Before him are David Miller, John Flynn, Dariusz Wolski, Danis Tanović, Hal Needham, and Vladimir Bortko. After him are Tony Kaye, Vatroslav Mimica, Nanni Loy, Fyodor Khitruk, Michel Boisrond, and Gary Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Damien Chazelle ranks 53. Before him are Kaley Cuoco, Emily Kinney, Juanfran, Riccardo Montolivo, Álvaro Negredo, and Carey Mulligan. After him are Rafinha, Kajal Aggarwal, Anna Kendrick, Valon Behrami, Łukasz Piszczek, and Chrissy Teigen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Damien Chazelle ranks 6,198 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Engle (1932), Jessica Harper (1949), Hal Needham (1931), Gates McFadden (1949), Chris Jericho (1970), and Michael Hardt (1960). After him are Gray Davis (1942), Frank Loomis (1896), Val Avery (1924), Eric Winter (1976), Ann Curtis (1926), and Julia Stiles (1981).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Damien Chazelle ranks 230. Before him are Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Shane Black (1961), Spike Jonze (1969), David Miller (1909), John Flynn (1932), and Hal Needham (1931). After him are Gary Ross (1956), Gregg Toland (1904), Hamilton Luske (1903), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Harry Beaumont (1888), and Stuart Gordon (1947).

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Filmography

La La Land
Director
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Nov 29o 20167.902 / 10
Whiplash
Director
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Oct 10o 20148.383 / 10
First Man
Director
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Oct 10o 20187.044 / 10