As a film producer , Britell produced the short film '' Whiplash '' , directed by Damien Chazelle , which won the Jury Award for Best US Fiction Short at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival . He subsequently helped produce the feature-film '' Whiplash '' , also directed by Chazelle and starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons . The Whiplash feature won Sundance 's 2014 Jury Prize and Audience Award , and went on to get 5 Oscar nominations ( including Best Picture ) and won 3 Oscar awards . Britell also wrote and produced the track " Reaction , " produced the track " When I Wake , " and performed and produced " No Two Words " for the film 's soundtrack
2013 Sundance Film Festival
2013 Sundance Film Festival
Nicholas Britell