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Olivier Assayas
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 25, 1955 (70 years)
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).
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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).
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Olivier Assayas Filmography
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| 2022 | Irma Vep (TV Series) |
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| 2010 | Carlos (TV Series) |
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| 1993 | Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... (TV Series) |
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| 1989 | Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series) |
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| 2024 | Suspended Time · as Screenplay |
| 2022 | Irma Vep (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Wasp Network · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Based on a True Story · as Screenplay |
| 2016 | Personal Shopper · as Screenplay |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2010 | Carlos · as Screenplay |
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| 2002 | |
| 2000 | Les Destinées · as Screenplay |
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| 1997 | HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien · as Screenplay |
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| 1994 | |
| 1993 | Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... (TV Series) |
| 1993 | A New Life · as Screenplay |
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| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Scene of the Crime · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Rendez-vous · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | Laissé inachevé à Tokyo · as Screenplay |
| 2025 | Bo Being Bo Widerberg · as Self |
| 2023 | Room 999 · as Self |
| 2023 | Beau Geste (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Lars Eidinger - Sein oder nicht sein · as Self |
| 2021 | L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2021 | MOVIE MAN · as Self |
| 2018 | Searching for Ingmar Bergman · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2015 | Hitchcock/Truffaut · as Self |
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| 2014 | Face to Face (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Une journée particulière · as Self |
| 2011 | The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Accepting Award |
| 2010 | ...But Film is My Mistress · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema · as Self |
| 2007 | In the Mood for Doyle · as Himself |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | How I Became a Filmmaker · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Il était une fois... (TV Series) · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | François Truffaut: Portraits volés · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1989 | Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2022 | Irma Vep (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1994 |
| 2024 | Suspended Time · as Narrator |
| 1967 | Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as Police Photographer |
| 2010 | Carlos (TV Series) · as Script Editor |
| 2006 | Noise · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Crossed Swords · as Third Assistant Director |