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Anna Chazelle

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Anna Chazelle
BornSeptember 14
Princeton [1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Anna Chazelle is a French-American actor, writer and director.

Life

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Chazelle is born and raised in Princeton,[1] graduated from New York University. After graduation, she continued her training at the Atlantic Acting School, the Shakespeare Forum, and the Ken Schatz Studio.[2] She made her directorial debut in 2014 with a short film called The Pitch, then going on to write, direct and star in the post-apocalyptic short Narrow, which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in summer 2020 and was an official selection at the Academy Award qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival.[3]

She is a co-founding member of the NYC-based performance troupe The Gyronauts, and also worked with Aerial Acrobat Entertainment. In 2021, she has signed on to write, direct and exec produce an untitled horror film based on the Greek legend of Medusa for Fangoria Studios.[3] She is also set to direct the latest film adaptation in the Elmore Leonard literary canon.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Laura
2016 La La Land Sarah / Hula Hooper
2021 Narrow Sloane
2022 Babylon Bobbie Hart Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

References

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  1. ^ a b "NJ filmmaker Anna Chazelle steps into the world of horror with 'Narrow'". Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "NARROW". ETHERIA FILM NIGHT, LLC.
  3. ^ a b "Anna Chazelle To Write & Direct Horror Film Centered On Greek Legend Of Medusa For Fangoria Studios By". Deadline. 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Anna Chazelle To Direct Film Adaptation Of Elmore Leonard's 'The Trespassers' Novel". Deadline. 18 December 2020.
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