Damien Chazelle’s Harvard professors remember him when
In its own understated way, Harvard has become one of the top film schools in the country. In recent years it has gotten more than its share of Oscar recognition.
In 2012, three alumni of the Harvard film program in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies received best documentary feature nominations: Joshua Oppenheimer for “The Act of Killing,” Richard Rowley for “Dirty Wars,” and Jehane Noujaim for “The Square.” This year, another alumnus, Damien Chazelle, was early on pegged as the frontrunner for the biggest prize of all: his film, “La La Land,” led nine nominees for best picture. All in all, “La La Land” rolled into Sunday’s Oscar night with 14 nods, including director, tying “All About Eve” (1950) and “Titanic” (1997) for most nominations ever. At press time it had won five awards, for director, cinematography, production design, score, and original song.
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