‘This was a movie about love, and I was lucky enough to fall in love while makin’ it’ — Damien Chazelle Oscar nominations
Posted: July 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Damien Chazelle. Damien Chazelle has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards and won 1. He is the youngest person to receive the Academy Award for Best Director, at age 32 years, 38 days. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
WON: 2016: La La Land (Best Director) — Other nominees: Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), Denis Villeneuve (Arrival), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
2016: La La Land (Best Original Screenplay) — lost to Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan). Other nominees: 20th Century Women (Mike Mills), Hell or High Water (Taylor Sheridan), The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou)
2014: Whiplash (Best Adapted Screenplay) — lost to The Imitation Game (Graham Moore). Other nominees: Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson), American Sniper (Jason Hall), The Theory of Everything (Anthony McCarten)
