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Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Damien Chazelle (born January 19, 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island) studied filmmaking at Harvard University graduating in 2007, made his directorial debut with Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), wrote and directed Whiplash (2014) with Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons, and the musical La La Land (2016) starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.