Originally conceived in the form of an 85-page screenplay, Whiplash came to prominence after being featured in the 2012 Black List that includes the top motion picture screenplays not yet produced.

At the Academy Awards last weekend, a couple of little Sundance indie sensations won big awards. One of them was Whiplash (the other was Boyhood), written and directed by Damien Chazelle who was named ...

"Whiplash," the story of a young jazz drummer with an aggressive instructor at a cut-throat music conservatory, took home three Oscars last month. In addition to winning best achievement in sound ...

Last year's jazz-fueled feature Whiplash was one of 2014's surprise hits, and earned its cast and creative teams five Academy Award nominations, taking home three Oscars in the end. What isn't widely ...

Like the intensely single-minded drummer Miles Teller plays in “Whiplash,” its writer-director, Damien Chazelle, did not arrive on the world stage unprepared. In fact, exactly one year before his ...

Initially unable to raise the $3 million budget for Whiplash, Damien Chazelle made a proof of concept, 18-minute short film that premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Now available online, the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Miles Teller, who went from Project X to The Spectacular Now, has signed on to star in Whiplash, a feature that’s being made from the Sundance Short Film Jury Award-winning pic of the same ...

Last year’s jazz-fueled feature Whiplash was one of 2014’s surprise hits, and earned its cast and creative teams five Academy Award nominations, taking home three Oscars in the end. What isn’t widely ...

When “Whiplash” writer-director Damien Chazelle won the short-film jury award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, he didn’t exactly rest on his laurels. He didn’t have time -- not if he was going to ...

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 ...

The past couple years have turned out to be pretty great for Miles Teller. After playing a bit part with his own name in Project X, this year Teller went on to lead the raunchy teenage comedy 21 and ...

After three Oscars and a gazillion rave reviews, it’s pretty hard to believe that writer-director Damien Chazelle had any trouble convincing Hollywood to help him make Whiplash, especially for a mere ...