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.
Major associations
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Adapted Screenplay Whiplash 2017 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Direction Whiplash Best Original Screenplay 2017 Best Direction La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Directors Guild of America Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film La La Land
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Best Director – Motion Picture La La Land Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Other awards and nominations
AACTA International Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Direction Whiplash Best Screenplay 2017 Best Direction La La Land Best Screenplay
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Aspen Shortsfest Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Short Film Prize Whiplash (Short)
Austin Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Boston Society of Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Director La La Land
Bram Stoker Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Screenplay 10 Cloverfield Lane
Calgary International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Maverick Award Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench 2014 Best Narrative Feature Whiplash
Camerimage Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Directorial Debut Whiplash
Cannes Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Queer Palm Award Whiplash
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Picture La La Land
Chicago Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash Most Promising Filmmaker 2016 Best Director La La Land
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Screenplay 2018 Best Director First Man 2022 Babylon
Denver Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash 2017 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Denver International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Emerging Filmmaker Award Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Detroit Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Breakthrough Artist Whiplash Best Director Best Screenplay 2016 Best Director La La Land
Florida Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Pauline Kael Breakout Award Whiplash 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Screenplay
Gaudí Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Non-Catalan Language Film Grand Piano
Gotham Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Hamptons International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Audience Award: Best Narrative Feature La La Land
Houston Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Director Whiplash Best Screenplay 2017 Best Director La La Land Best Screenplay
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Director Whiplash
London Film Critics' Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Screenwriter of the Year Whiplash 2017 Director of the Year La La Land Screenwriter of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Director La La Land
Mill Valley Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Audience Award (Best U.S. Feature Film) Whiplash
MTV Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Movie Whiplash
National Society of Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Best Director La La Land
Online Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
San Diego Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Director Whiplash 2017 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Saturn Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Writing Whiplash Best Independent Film 2017 Best Independent Film La La Land
St. Louis Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Sundance Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction Whiplash (Short) Short Film Grand Jury Prize 2014 Audience Award (Dramatic) Whiplash Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best North American Independent Film Whiplash
Torino Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Feature Film (Special Jury Prize) Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Best Feature Film (Prize of the City of Torino)
Toronto Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Director La La Land
Toronto International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 People's Choice Award La La Land
Valladolid International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Golden Spike (Best Film) Whiplash Pilar Miró Award (Best New Director)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Director La La Land
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Golden Lion La La Land 2018 First Man
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Director Whiplash Best Original Screenplay 2016 Best Director La La Land Best Original Screenplay
Writers Guild of America Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Original Screenplay Whiplash 2016 La La Land
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