There may not be an obvious connection between Damien Chazelle’s horror script “The Last Exorcism Part 2” and “Whiplash,” but the adapted screenplay nominee drew heavily on his training as a ...

J.K. Simmons revealed in an oral history of “Whiplash” to mark the film’s 10th anniversary that he assumed the film’s director, Damien Chazelle, was a Black man after he first read the script about ...

In order to nail down financing for his Black Listed script, writer/director Damien Chazelle directed this 18-minute short film version of “Whiplash” for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. And the rest ...

Nearly 11 months after he picked up the Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 12 Years A Slave, John Ridley and his script won the Humanitas Prize for Feature Film today. Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash script, ...

"I’m picturing Antoine Fuqua," the Academy Award winner admitted when first meeting with Chazelle. According to Simmons, it was producer Jason Reitman who first introduced him to Chazelle’s feature ...

And now, a year after that memorable moment, Whiplash is up for five Academy Awards (Best Picture, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Writing/Adapted Screenplay, and Supporting Actor). At the Critics' Choice ...