Olivier Assayas
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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Films (73)
Le Mage du Kremlin
2026 · Director, Writer
Being Bo Widerberg
2025 · Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024 · Self - Filmmaker, Thanks
Suspended Time
2024 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Producer, Screenplay, Director
Room 999
2023 · Self
Pasajes
2023 · Thanks
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023 · Self
Lars Eidinger, être ou ne pas être
2023 · Self
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
2021 · Self - Filmmaker
The Emma Bovary Trial
2021 · Thanks
La isla de Bergman
2021 · Thanks
Corona Film Club
2021 · Self
Cuban Network
2020 · Director, Screenplay
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019 · Self - director, critique
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019 · Self
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019 · Self - Filmmaker
Diane
2019 · Thanks
Non-Fiction
2018 · Director, Writer
À la recherche d'Ingmar Bergman
2018 · Self - Filmmaker
Aware, Anywhere
2017 · Himself
Based on a True Story
2017 · Screenplay
Fantasmas del pasado
2016 · Screenplay, Director, Dialogue
Luchino Visconti, entre vérité et passion
2016 · Self - Movie Director
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016 · Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Self
Sils Maria
2014 · Director, Writer
Professor Goudet's Lessons
2013 · Self
Something in the Air
2012 · Director, Writer
A Special Day
2012 · Self
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011 · Self (cinéaste)
Carlos
2010 · Director, Screenplay
… But Film Is My Mistress
2010 · Self
Making of 'Summer Hours'
2008 · Self
Summer Hours
2008 · Director, Writer
Eldorado
2008 · Director
Inventory
2008 · Interviewee
Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
2008 · Director, Writer
Chacun son cinéma
2007 · Director, Writer
In the Mood for Doyle
2007 · Self
Boarding Gate
2007 · Director, Writer
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Director, Writer
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
2006 · Director, Writer
Noise
2006 · Director of Photography, Director
Clean
2004 · Director, Writer
Making of 'Demonlover'
2003 · Self
L'amant diabolique
2002 · Writer, Director
Léaud l'unique
2001 · Self - filmmaker
Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer
2001 · Self
Sentimental Destinies
2000 · Director, Screenplay
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Late August, Early September
1999 · Director, Writer
Alice and Martin
1998 · Writer
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
1997 · Director
Irma Vep
1996 · Director, Writer
Cold Water
1994 · Director, Writer
A New Life
1993 · Director, Screenplay
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993 · Self
Paris Awakens
1991 · Director, Writer
Lovely Child
1990 · Writer
Winter's Child
1989 · Director, Writer
Broken April
1987 · Writer
Disorder
1986 · Director, Writer
Scene of the Crime
1986 · Screenplay
L'unique
1986 · Writer
Secret Passage
1985 · Writer
Rendez-vous
1985 · Screenplay, Dialogue
Winston Tong In Studio
1984 · Director
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
1982 · Director, Screenplay
Scopitone
1980 · Writer
Nuit féline
1978 · Writer
The Prince and the Pauper
1977 · Third Assistant Director
Spiritual World
· Director
