Olivier Assayas
Known For
Directing
Born
1955-01-25 in Paris, France
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.
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Quotidien
as Self - Guest
Aware, Anywhere
as Himself
… But Film Is My Mistress
as Self
A Special Day
as Self
Inventory
as Interviewee
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self
Room 999
as Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
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François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self
Suspended Time
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
as Self - Filmmaker
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
as Self
Professor Goudet's Lessons
as Self
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
In the Mood for Doyle
as Himself
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
as Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
Corona Film Club
as Self
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self - Movie Director
Making of 'Demonlover'
as Self