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While attending Princeton High School, writer-director Damien Chazelle was in a "very competitive" jazz band and drew on the dread he felt in those years. [4] He based the conductor, Terence Fletcher, on his former band instructor (who died in 2003) but "pushed it further," adding elements of Buddy Rich and other band leaders known for their harsh treatment. [4]
Whiplash is a 2014 American psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist.It focuses on an ambitious music student and aspiring jazz drummer (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor (Simmons) at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory in New York City.
In the 2014 drama film Whiplash, Simmons played Terence Fletcher, an intensely demanding and abusive bandleader at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory of Music, who bullies and cajoles his student, Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller). The wide acclaim for Simmons's performance included winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [22]
Simmons and Schumacher attended the Los Angeles premiere of Whiplash, which Simmons starred in as Miles Teller’s abusive music instructor, Terence Fletcher.. 2015
This is a list of awards and nominations that was received by actor J. K. Simmons.His performance as Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014) received widespread critical acclaim and earned him 40 accolades, including the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
[1] [2] He has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986 with film roles including J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Thank You for Smoking with Aaron Eckhart (2005), Juno (2007), Whiplash with Miles Teller (2014), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, La La ...
Whiplash: Terence Fletcher : Robert Duvall: The Judge: Judge Joseph Palmer Ethan Hawke: Boyhood: Mason Evans, Sr. Edward Norton: Birdman: Mike Shiner Mark Ruffalo: Foxcatcher: Dave Schultz: Andy Serkis: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Caesar 2015 [28] Christian Bale: The Big Short: Michael Burry: Paul Dano: Love & Mercy: Brian Wilson: Benicio ...
J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher‡ Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer; Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr. Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Mike Shiner; Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz