- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 25, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
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 Destini…
Filmography
movieThe Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · Director, Writer
movieBeing Bo Widerberg
2025 · Self
movieJean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024 · Self - Filmmaker, Thanks
movieSuspended Time
2024 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Producer, Screenplay, Director
movieRoom 999
2023 · Self
moviePassages
2023 · Thanks
movieArt-House America: Austin Film Society
2023 · Self
movieLars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
2023 · Self
tvIrma Vep
2022 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
movieThe Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
2021 · Self - Filmmaker
movieThe Emma Bovary Trial
2021 · Thanks
movieBergman Island
2021 · Thanks
movieCorona Film Club
2021 · Self
movieWasp Network
2020 · Director, Screenplay
movieGérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019 · Self - director, critique
movieSY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019 · Self
movieAndré Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019 · Self - Filmmaker
movieNon-Fiction
2018 · Director, Writer
movieSearching for Ingmar Bergman
2018 · Self - Filmmaker
movieAware, Anywhere
2017 · Himself
movieBased on a True Story
2017 · Screenplay
moviePersonal Shopper
2016 · Screenplay, Director, Dialogue
movieLuchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
2016 · Self - Movie Director
tvQuotidien
2016 · Self - Guest
movieTruffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016 · Self
movieHitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · Self
movieFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Self
movieClouds of Sils Maria
2014 · Director, Writer
movieProfessor Goudet's Lessons
2013 · Self
movieSomething in the Air
2012 · Director, Writer
movieA Special Day
2012 · Self
movieIl était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
2011 · Self (cinéaste)
movieCarlos
2010 · Director, Screenplay
tvCarlos
2010 · Script Editor, Director, Creator
movie… But Film Is My Mistress
2010 · Self
movieSummer Hours
2008 · Director, Writer
Eldorado
movieEldorado
2008 · Director
Inventory
movieInventory
2008 · Interviewee
movieEldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
2008 · Director, Writer
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director, Writer
movieIn the Mood for Doyle
2007 · Himself
movieBoarding Gate
2007 · Director, Writer
movieParis Je T'aime
2006 · Director, Writer
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
movieQuartier des Enfants-Rouges
2006 · Director, Writer
movieNoise
2006 · Director of Photography
movieClean
2004 · Director, Writer
movieMaking of 'Demonlover'
2003 · Self
movieDemonlover
2002 · Writer, Director
movieLéaud l'unique
2001 · Self - filmmaker
movieSentimental Destinies
2000 · Director, Screenplay
movieHHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieLate August, Early September
1999 · Director, Writer
movieAlice and Martin
1998 · Writer
movieMan Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
1997 · Director
movieIrma Vep
1996 · Director, Writer
tvAll the Boys and Girls of Their Time
1994 · Director
movieCold Water
1994 · Director, Writer
movieA New Life
1993 · Director, Screenplay
movieFrançois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993 · Self
movieParis Awakens
1991 · Director, Writer
movieLovely Child
1990 · Writer
movieWinter's Child
1989 · Director, Writer
movieBroken April
1987 · Writer
movieDisorder
1986 · Director, Writer
movieScene of the Crime
1986 · Screenplay
movieL'unique
1986 · Writer
movieSecret Passage
1985 · Writer
movieRendez-vous
1985 · Screenplay, Dialogue
movieWinston Tong In Studio
1984 · Director
movieLaissé inachevé à Tokyo
1982 · Director, Screenplay
movieScopitone
1980 · Writer
Nuit féline
movieNuit féline
1978 · Writer
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1977 · Third Assistant Director