10 Best Film Directors With Less Than 5 Films

The youngest Oscar winner for Best Director in history has already made waves for combining his love of music and cinema into a distinctive career that is just getting started. Although his feature debut Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench landed to a lukewarm response, it was his next feature Whiplash that exploded as one of the best received indie films in recent years.

A simplistic concept of a determined drummer conflicting with his imposing and domineering teacher was utilised to a great affect as Whiplash manages to keep a lightning pace with fantastic performances and superb editing. The film was such a success that it allowed Chazelle the creative freedom to make La La Land, an epic ode to Hollywood, music and those that dream.

Damien Chazelle has found a comfortable niche in telling stories about music and about ambition as his follow-up First Man proved. A somewhat underrated drama about Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon.

Chazelle has a deft talent for portraying obsessed individuals with enough humanity that we can root for them while we watch them spiral into their goals and lose themselves.