Olivier Assayas

Directing·Jan 25, 1955·Paris, France

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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.

Film	Credit
The Wizard of the Kremlin2026 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Being Bo Widerberg2025 · Self	Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema2024 · Self - Filmmaker	Self - Filmmaker
Suspended Time2024 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Producer, Director	Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Producer, Director
Room 9992023 · Self	Self
Art-House America: Austin Film Society2023 · Self	Self
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be2023 · Self	Self
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art2021 · Self - Filmmaker	Self - Filmmaker
Corona Film Club2021 · Self	Self
Wasp Network2020 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais2019 · Self - director, critique	Self - director, critique
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions2019 · Self	Self
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema2019 · Self - Filmmaker	Self - Filmmaker
Non-Fiction2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Searching for Ingmar Bergman2018 · Self - Filmmaker	Self - Filmmaker
Aware, Anywhere2017 · Himself	Himself
Based on a True Story2017 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Personal Shopper2016 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion2016 · Self - Movie Director	Self - Movie Director
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture2016 · Self	Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut2015 · Self	Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema2014 · Self	Self
Clouds of Sils Maria2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Professor Goudet's Lessons2013 · Self	Self
Something in the Air2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Special Day2012 · Self	Self
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »2011 · Self (cinéaste)	Self (cinéaste)
Carlos2010 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
… But Film Is My Mistress2010 · Self	Self
Summer Hours2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
EEldorado2008 · Director	Director
IInventory2008 · Interviewee	Interviewee
Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
In the Mood for Doyle2007 · Himself	Himself
Boarding Gate2007 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Paris Je T'aime2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
QQuartier des Enfants-Rouges2006 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Noise2006 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Clean2004 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Making of 'Demonlover'2003 · Self	Self
Demonlover2002 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Léaud l'unique2001 · Self - filmmaker	Self - filmmaker
Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer2001 · Self	Self
Sentimental Destinies2000 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien1999 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Late August, Early September1999 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Alice and Martin1998 · Writer	Writer