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Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas

Director · b. 1955 · 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), 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivier Assayas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Movie5.9

    Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman

    Searching for Ingmar Bergman

    2018 · 15 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Une Journée particulière

    A Special Day

    2012 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

    2015 · 257 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Chambre 999

    Room 999

    2023 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.6

    François Truffaut: Portraits volés

    François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

    1993 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.0

    André Téchiné, cinéaste insoumis

    André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

    2019 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.3

    ...Men filmen är min älskarinna

    … But Film Is My Mistress

    2010 · 13 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Le Cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

    2024 · 4 votes

  • Movie8.0

    I huvudet på Bo

    Being Bo Widerberg

    2025 · 2 votes

  • Movie1.0

    Luchino Visconti, entre vérité et passion

    Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

    2016 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Lars Eidinger - Sein oder nicht Sein

    Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be

    2023 · 6 votes

  • Movie8.5

    Aware, Anywhere

    2017 · 2 votes

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  • Movie5.1

    Hors du temps

    Suspended Time

    2024 · 21 votes

  • Movie4.0

    In the Mood for Doyle

    2007 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.2

    L’Œil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art

    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

    2021 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Corona Film Club

    2021 · 3 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Léaud l'unique

    2001 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    光陰的故事-台灣新電影

    2014 · 18 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie7.0

    Périphérie de Demonlover

    Making of 'Demonlover'

    2003 · 1 votes

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  • TV5.1

    Quotidien

    2016 · 19 votes

  • TV4.5

    Clique

    2013 · 3 votes