Olivier Assayas
French film director, screenwriter and film critic · France · On the map · Directors · Born 1955 · age 71
Olivier Assayas 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.
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The Wizard of the KremlinFilm, Director, Writer2023
Lars Eidinger - To Be or Not To BeFilm2022
Irma VepSeries, Director, Writer2020
Wasp NetworkFilm, Director, Writer2017
Based on a True StoryFilm, Writer2016Cannes Best Director AwardAward
QuotidienSeries, 20162014Louis Delluc PrizeAward
Clouds of Sils MariaFilm, 2014Director, Writer2013
CliqueSeries2010National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAwardNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAward
CarlosSeries, 2010Director, Creator
… But Film Is My MistressFilm, 20102009Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAward2007
Boarding GateFilm, Director, Writer2004
CleanFilm, Director, Writer2000
Sentimental DestiniesFilm, Director, Writer1998
Alice and MartinFilm, Writer1994
All the Boys and Girls of Their TimeSeries, Director1993
A New LifeFilm, Director, Writer1989
Winter's ChildFilm, Director, Writer1985
Rendez-vousFilm, Writer1982
Laissé inachevé à TokyoFilm, Director, Writer1955Born25 January 1955People around Olivier
Juliette Binoche Olivier directed Paris, je t'aime (2006)
André Marcon Olivier directed Something in the Air (2013)
Dominique Reymond Olivier directed Summer Hours (2008)
Charles Gillibert Produced Summer Hours and Something in the Air
Kristen Stewart Olivier directed Clouds of Sils Maria (2015)
André Téchiné Directed Rendez-vous and Scene of the Crime
Jeanne Balibar Olivier directed Clean and Irma Vep
Charles Berling Olivier directed Summer Hours (2008)
Lars Eidinger Olivier directed Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Vincent Macaigne Olivier directed Non-Fiction and Irma Vep
Elli Medeiros Olivier directed Late August, Early September (1999)
Nathalie Richard Olivier directed Irma Vep (1998)
Joana Preiss Olivier directed Clean and Boarding Gate
Nora Waldstätten Olivier directed Clouds of Sils Maria (2015)
Alex Descas Olivier directed Irma Vep and Boarding Gate
Antoine Basler Olivier directed Irma Vep and Paris Awakens
Willem Dafoe Olivier directed Paris, je t'aime (2007)
Alicia Vikander Olivier directed The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)
Nick Nolte Olivier directed Paris, je t'aime and Clean
Jean-Pierre Léaud Olivier directed Irma Vep and Paris Awakens
Virginie Ledoyen Olivier directed Cold Water (1994)
Judith Godrèche Olivier directed Paris Awakens and A New Life
Johnny Flynn Olivier directed Clouds of Sils Maria (2015)
Arsinée Khanjian Olivier directed Irma Vep (1998)
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Hitchcock/Truffaut 2015
Carlos 2010
Paris Je T'aime 2006
Irma Vep 1996
Clouds of Sils Maria 2014
Filmography 40
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Television 5
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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.
