Olivier Assayas
Born: 1955-01-25 in Paris, France
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Wizard of the Kremlin ... (Writer)
2024
- Suspended Time ... (Screenplay)
- Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema as Self - Filmmaker
2023
- Room 999 as Self
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society as Self
- Passages ... (Thanks)
- Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be as Self
2022
- Irma Vep ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Bergman Island ... (Thanks)
- The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art as Self - Filmmaker
- The Emma Bovary Trial ... (Thanks)
- Corona Film Club as Self
2020
- Wasp Network ... (Director)
2019
- André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema as Self - Filmmaker
- Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais as Self - director, critique
- SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions as Self
2018
- Non-Fiction ... (Director)
- Searching for Ingmar Bergman as Self - Filmmaker
2017
- Based on a True Story ... (Screenplay)
- Aware, Anywhere as Himself
2016
- Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion as Self - Movie Director
- Personal Shopper ... (Director)
- Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture as Self
2015
- Hitchcock/Truffaut as Self
2014
- Clouds of Sils Maria ... (Director)
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
2013
- Professor Goudet's Lessons as Self
2012
- Something in the Air ... (Director)
- A Special Day as Self
2011
- Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu » as Self (cinéaste)
2010
- Carlos ... (Director)
- Carlos ... (Director)
- … But Film Is My Mistress as Self
2008
- Summer Hours ... (Director)
- Inventory as Interviewee
- Eldorado ... (Director)
2007
- Boarding Gate ... (Writer)
- In the Mood for Doyle as Himself
- To Each His Own Cinema ... (Director)
2006
- Noise ... (Director of Photography)
- Paris Je T'aime ... (Director)
- Quartier des Enfants-Rouges ... (Writer)
2004
- Clean ... (Writer)
2003
- Making of 'Demonlover' as Self
2002
- Demonlover ... (Writer)
2000
- Sentimental Destinies ... (Director)
1999
- HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien ... (Director)
- Late August, Early September ... (Director)
1998
- Alice and Martin ... (Writer)
1997
- Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung ... (Director)
1996
- Irma Vep ... (Director)
1994
- Cold Water ... (Director)
- La Page blanche ... (Director)
- All the Boys and Girls of Their Time ... (Director)
1993
- A New Life ... (Director)
- François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits as Self
1991
- Paris Awakens ... (Director)
1990
- Lovely Child ... (Writer)
1989
- Winter's Child ... (Director)
1987
- Broken April ... (Writer)
1986
- Disorder ... (Writer)
- L'Unique ... (Writer)
- Scene of the Crime ... (Screenplay)
1985
- Rendez-vous ... (Screenplay)
- Passage secret ... (Writer)
1984
- Winston Tong In Studio ... (Director)
1982
- Laissé inachevé à Tokyo ... (Director)
1980
- Scopitone ... (Writer)
1978
- Nuit féline ... (Writer)
1977
- The Prince and the Pauper ... (Third Assistant Director)