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Olivier Assayas

Screenwriter / Film Director / Writer | * 01/25/1955 (69) | 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), Demon..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Olivier Assayas

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film Louis Delluc Prize Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director César Award for Best Writing National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 2x National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film César Award for Best Director Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie European Film Award for Best Director
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Movies with Olivier Assayas as Actor(17)

Movies with Olivier Assayas as Crew(65)

Writing/Screenplay2024 Suspended Time
Directing/Director2024 Suspended Time
Production/Producer2024 Suspended Time
Directing/Director2023 Idol's Eye
Crew/Thanks2023 Passages
Crew/Thanks2021 The Emma Bovary Trial
Directing/Director2020 Wasp Network
Writing/Screenplay2020 Wasp Network
Directing/Director2018 Non-Fiction
Writing/Writer2018 Non-Fiction
Writing/Screenplay2017 Based on a True Story
Directing/Director2016 Personal Shopper
Writing/Screenplay2016 Personal Shopper
Writing/Dialogue2016 Personal Shopper
Directing/Director2014 Clouds of Sils Maria
Writing/Writer2014 Clouds of Sils Maria
Directing/Director2012 Something in the Air
Writing/Screenplay2012 Something in the Air
Directing/Director2010 Carlos
Writing/Screenplay2010 Carlos
Directing/Director2008 Summer Hours
Writing/Writer2008 Summer Hours
Directing/Director2008 Eldorado
Directing/Director2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Writing/Writer2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Directing/Director2007 Boarding Gate
Writing/Writer2007 Boarding Gate
Camera/Director of Photography2006 Noise
Directing/Director2006 Noise
Directing/Director2006 Paris Je T'aime
Writing/Writer2006 Paris Je T'aime
Directing/Director2004 Clean
Writing/Writer2004 Clean
Directing/Director2002 Demonlover
Writing/Writer2002 Demonlover
Directing/Director2000 Sentimental Destinies
Writing/Screenplay2000 Sentimental Destinies
Directing/Director1999 Late August, Early September
Writing/Writer1999 Late August, Early September
Directing/Director1999 HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Writing/Screenplay1999 HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Writing/Writer1998 Alice and Martin
Directing/Director1996 Irma Vep
Writing/Writer1996 Irma Vep
Directing/Director1994 Cold Water
Writing/Writer1994 Cold Water
Directing/Director1993 A New Life
Writing/Screenplay1993 A New Life
Directing/Director1991 Paris Awakens
Writing/Writer1991 Paris Awakens
Writing/Writer1990 Lovely Child
Directing/Director1989 Winter's Child
Writing/Writer1989 Winter's Child
Writing/Writer1987 Broken April
Directing/Director1986 Disorder
Writing/Writer1986 Disorder
Writing/Screenplay1986 Scene of the Crime
Writing/Writer1985 Passage secret
Writing/Screenplay1985 Rendez-vous
Writing/Dialogue1985 Rendez-vous
Directing/Director1984 Winston Tong en studio
Directing/Director1982 Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
Writing/Screenplay1982 Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
Directing/Director1980 Rectangle: Deux Chansons de Jacno

TV Shows/Series with Olivier Assayas as Crew(5)

Production/Executive Producer2022 Irma Vep
Writing/Writer2022 Irma Vep
Directing/Director2022 Irma Vep
Creator/Creator2022 Irma Vep

Full Name: Olivier Assayas
Citizenship: France
Born: Tuesday, 01/25 1955 (January) in Paris (France) (current age: 69 years + 63 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Beaux-Arts de Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
Employer: Cahiers du cinéma
Spouses (current/former): Maggie Cheung, Mia Hansen-Løve
Siblings: Michka Assayas
Mother: Catherine de Károlyi
Other names for Olivier Assayas (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"올리비에 아사야스"
Olivier Assayas frequently works together with these people:
Luc Barnier (19x, Crew)
Denis Lenoir (13x, Crew)
Antoinette Boulat (11x, Crew)
Éric Gautier (10x, Crew)
Yorick Le Saux (10x, Crew)
Juliette Binoche (8x, Actress)
André Téchiné (8x, Crew)
Sylvie Barthet (8x, Crew)
Claire Denis (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5275, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024