
Olivier Assayas
Known for DirectingBorn 1955-01-25 (age 71)Paris, France
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019 · Movie
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Léaud l'unique
2001 · Movie
Nuit féline
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Nuit féline
1978 · Movie
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Broken April
1987 · Movie
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Aware, Anywhere
2017 · Movie
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Being Bo Widerberg
2025 · Movie
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Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
2023 · Movie
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Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024 · Movie
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HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1999 · Movie
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Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016 · Movie
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Carlos
2010 · Series
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The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
2021 · Movie
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · Movie
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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Movie
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André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019 · Movie
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Carlos
2010 · Movie
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Making of 'Demonlover'
2003 · Movie
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Lovely Child
1990 · Movie
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The Emma Bovary Trial
2021 · Movie
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L'unique
1986 · Movie
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Secret Passage
1985 · Movie
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The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · Movie
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Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
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Clouds of Sils Maria
2014 · Movie
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Irma Vep
2022 · Series
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Irma Vep
1996 · Movie
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To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Movie
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Passages
2023 · Movie
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Summer Hours
2008 · Movie
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Bergman Island
2021 · Movie
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Clean
2004 · Movie
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… But Film Is My Mistress
2010 · Movie
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Winter's Child
1989 · Movie
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Wasp Network
2020 · Movie
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Cold Water
1994 · Movie
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A Special Day
2012 · Movie
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Personal Shopper
2016 · Movie
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Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2018 · Movie
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Something in the Air
2012 · Movie
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Disorder
1986 · Movie
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Late August, Early September
1999 · Movie
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Paris Awakens
1991 · Movie
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Based on a True Story
2017 · Movie
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Demonlover
2002 · Movie
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Room 999
2023 · Movie
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The Prince and the Pauper
1977 · Movie
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Quotidien
2016 · Series
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Alice and Martin
1998 · Movie