Director Damien Chazelle created a musical film called '' La La Land '' , starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone . It was meant to reintroduce the traditional jazz style of song numbers with influences from the Golden Age of Hollywood and Jacques Demy 's French musicals while incorporating a contemporary/modern take on the story and characters with balances in fantasy numbers and grounded reality . It received 14 nominations at the 89th Academy Awards , tying the record for most nominations with '' All About Eve '' ( 1950 ) and '' Titanic '' ( 1997 ) , and won the awards for Best Director , Best Actress , Best Cinematography , Best Original Score , Best Original Song , and Best Production Design
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Musical film