Filmspan on Instagram: "In 2013, Damien Chazelle directed Whiplash. A short film based on a scene from the full length script he had written following a promising young drummer at a cut-throat music conservatory, where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential. The short went on to win Short Film Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, attracting financing for the full length feature. Chazelle directed the feature in 2014 an