<p>Damien Chazelle, the Hollywood wunderkind behind this year's most loved movie "La La Land", became the youngest filmmaker to win best director trophy at the 89th Academy Awards today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Six years in the making, it was a dream project for 32-year-old Chazelle who wanted to pay tribute to old Hollywood musicals with his LA-set story of ambition and romance.<br />In his speech, Chazelle recognised his fellow nominees and his stars -- Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. He also paid tribute to his girlfriend Olivia Hamilton.<br /><br />"I want to thank my family, my sister and Olivia, my love. The movie is about love and I was lucky enough to fall in love while making it," he said.<br /><br />Chazelle has said in interviews that movies were always his passion and though he briefly trained as a jazz drummer in school, which inspired "Whiplash", he always knew that filmmaking was his true calling.<br /><br />In "La La Land", Chazelle has skillfully married his two passions to create a musical that is pulsating with love, life and longing.<br /><br />The director made a promising debut with jazz Harvard project "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" in 2009. "La La Land", which comes after "Whiplash", proved that his success was no flash in the pan.<br /><br />The film swept every award leading up to the Oscars where it won a record 14 nominations tying the record set by "Titanic" and "All About Eve."<br /><br />Chazelle's other screenwriting endavours culminated in films like "The Grand Piano", staring Elijah Woods, and "10 Cloverfield Lane" which he co-wrote. <br /></p>
<p>Damien Chazelle, the Hollywood wunderkind behind this year's most loved movie "La La Land", became the youngest filmmaker to win best director trophy at the 89th Academy Awards today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Six years in the making, it was a dream project for 32-year-old Chazelle who wanted to pay tribute to old Hollywood musicals with his LA-set story of ambition and romance.<br />In his speech, Chazelle recognised his fellow nominees and his stars -- Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. He also paid tribute to his girlfriend Olivia Hamilton.<br /><br />"I want to thank my family, my sister and Olivia, my love. The movie is about love and I was lucky enough to fall in love while making it," he said.<br /><br />Chazelle has said in interviews that movies were always his passion and though he briefly trained as a jazz drummer in school, which inspired "Whiplash", he always knew that filmmaking was his true calling.<br /><br />In "La La Land", Chazelle has skillfully married his two passions to create a musical that is pulsating with love, life and longing.<br /><br />The director made a promising debut with jazz Harvard project "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" in 2009. "La La Land", which comes after "Whiplash", proved that his success was no flash in the pan.<br /><br />The film swept every award leading up to the Oscars where it won a record 14 nominations tying the record set by "Titanic" and "All About Eve."<br /><br />Chazelle's other screenwriting endavours culminated in films like "The Grand Piano", staring Elijah Woods, and "10 Cloverfield Lane" which he co-wrote. <br /></p>