Olivier Assayas
Directing
Born: January 25, 1955 (age 71) · Paris, France
Highest Rated
Biography
Olivier Assayas (French: [ɔlivje asajas]; born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his eclectic filmography, consisting of slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs, and comedies. He has directed French, Spanish, and English-language films with international casts. The son of filmmaker Jacques Rémy, Assayas began his career as a critic for Cahiers du Cinéma. There he wrote about world cinema and its film auteurs, who later influenced his work. Assayas made several short films, and made his feature debut with Disorder in 1986. He continued directing feature films, with Cold Water (1994) considered a breakthrough film in his career. It was his first film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. His followup film, Irma Vep (1996), also screened at Cannes, while Sentimental Destinies (2000), Demonlover (2002), and Clean (2004) all officially competed for the Palme d'Or. In 2006, he contributed a short film to the anthology film Paris, je t'aime (2006). Assayas gained acclaim for his dramas Summer Hours (2008), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), and Personal Shopper (2016); the latter won him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He also directed the comedy Non-Fiction (2018) and the spy thriller Wasp Network (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivier Assayas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Personal Shopper
2016
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Clouds of Sils Maria
2014
Based on a True Story
2017
Wasp Network
2020
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
Non-Fiction
2018
Irma Vep
1996
Bergman Island
2021
Carlos
2010
Passages
2023
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
Photos (3)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (27)
Quotidien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Clique
Self - Guest · 1 eps
A Special Day
Self
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
In the Mood for Doyle
Himself
… But Film Is My Mistress
Self
Room 999
Self
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Self - Filmmaker
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
Self
Aware, Anywhere
Himself
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker
Being Bo Widerberg
Self
Corona Film Club
Self
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Self
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Self - Movie Director
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
Self - director, critique
Léaud l'unique
Self - filmmaker
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Self
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Self (cinéaste)
Making of 'Demonlover'
Self
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Self - Filmmaker
Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer
Self
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
Self - Filmmaker
Professor Goudet's Lessons
Self
Directing (32)
Carlos
Director
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Director
Irma Vep
Director
Disorder
Director
Paris Je T'aime
Director
Clouds of Sils Maria
Director
Wasp Network
Director
Personal Shopper
Director
Non-Fiction
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
The Prince and the Pauper
Third Assistant Director
Irma Vep
Director
Demonlover
Director
Carlos
Director
Clean
Director
Late August, Early September
Director
Something in the Air
Director
Boarding Gate
Director
Summer Hours
Director
Sentimental Destinies
Director
Suspended Time
Director
All the Boys and Girls of Their Time
Director
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
Director
Paris Awakens
Director
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Director
Cold Water
Director
A New Life
Director
Winter's Child
Director
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
Director
Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
Director
Noise
Director
Winston Tong In Studio
Director
Writing (38)
Carlos
Script Editor
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Writer
Irma Vep
Writer
Disorder
Writer
Paris Je T'aime
Writer
Clouds of Sils Maria
Writer
Wasp Network
Screenplay
Personal Shopper
Screenplay
Personal Shopper
Dialogue
Non-Fiction
Writer
Based on a True Story
Screenplay
To Each His Own Cinema
Writer
Irma Vep
Writer
Broken April
Writer
Demonlover
Writer
Carlos
Screenplay
Lovely Child
Writer
Rendez-vous
Screenplay
Rendez-vous
Dialogue
Clean
Writer
Late August, Early September
Writer
Something in the Air
Writer
Boarding Gate
Writer
Summer Hours
Writer
Scene of the Crime
Screenplay
Sentimental Destinies
Screenplay
Suspended Time
Screenplay
Alice and Martin
Writer
Paris Awakens
Writer
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Screenplay
Cold Water
Writer
L'unique
Writer
A New Life
Screenplay
Secret Passage
Writer
Winter's Child
Writer
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
Screenplay
Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
Writer
Scopitone
Writer
