Before writer/director Damien Chazelle‘s Academy Award-winning (Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Supporting Actor) film Whiplash in 2014 and his recent winner (Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Original Song and Best Production Design) La La Land, he had a script on the Black List (the industry list of the best unmade films).
This past year he wrote and directed La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
What did you guys think of Whiplash and La La Land?
It was also famously announced as the winner of Best Picture, due to the wrong envelope being given to announcer Warren Beatty.