Olivier Assayas
Directing
Born January 25, 1955 in 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).
Filmography
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Being Bo Widerberg
Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker
Suspended Time
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Room 999
Self
Passages
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
Self
Irma Vep
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
Self - Filmmaker
The Emma Bovary Trial
Bergman Island
Corona Film Club
Self
Wasp Network
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
Self - director, critique
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Self
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Self - Filmmaker
Non-Fiction
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Self - Filmmaker
Aware, Anywhere
Himself
Based on a True Story
Personal Shopper
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Self - Movie Director
Quotidien
Self - Guest
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
Clouds of Sils Maria
Professor Goudet's Lessons
Self
Something in the Air
A Special Day
Self
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Self (cinéaste)
Carlos
Carlos
… But Film Is My Mistress
Self
Summer Hours
Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
To Each His Own Cinema
In the Mood for Doyle
Himself
Boarding Gate
Paris Je T'aime
Noise
Clean
Making of 'Demonlover'
Self
Demonlover
Léaud l'unique
Self - filmmaker
Sentimental Destinies
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Late August, Early September
Alice and Martin
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
Irma Vep
All the Boys and Girls of Their Time
Cold Water
A New Life
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Self
Paris Awakens
Lovely Child
Winter's Child
Broken April
Disorder
Scene of the Crime
L'unique
Secret Passage
Rendez-vous
Winston Tong In Studio
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
Scopitone
The Prince and the Pauper