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Olivier Assayas
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…
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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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2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Movie Writer
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2025
Being Bo Widerberg
Movie Self
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2024
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2024
Suspended Time
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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2023
Room 999
Movie Self
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2023
Passages
Movie Thanks
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2023
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Movie Self
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2023
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
Movie Self
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2022
Irma Vep
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2021
The Emma Bovary Trial
Movie Thanks
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2021
Bergman Island
Movie Thanks
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2021
Corona Film Club
Movie Self
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2020
Wasp Network
Movie Director
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2019
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
Movie Self - director, critique
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2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Movie Self
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2019
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2018
Non-Fiction
Movie Director
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2018
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2017
Aware, Anywhere
Movie Himself
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2017
Based on a True Story
Movie Screenplay
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2016
Personal Shopper
Movie Director
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2016
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Movie Self - Movie Director
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2016
Quotidien
TV show Self - Guest
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2016
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Movie Self
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2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Movie Self
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2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Movie Self
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2014
Clouds of Sils Maria
Movie Director
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2013
Clique
TV show Self - Guest
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2013
Professor Goudet's Lessons
Movie Self
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2012
Something in the Air
Movie Director
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2012
A Special Day
Movie Self
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2011
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
Movie Self (cinéaste)
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2010
Carlos
Movie Director
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2010
Carlos
TV show Director
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2010
… But Film Is My Mistress
Movie Self
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2008
Summer Hours
Movie Director
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2008
Eldorado
Movie Director
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2008
Inventory
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2008
Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
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