Olivier Assayas

Personal Info

Birthday

January 25, 1955

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

올리비에 아사야스

Olivier Assayas

Biography

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.

Known For

Inventory

Filmography

2024
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
2023
Room 999
as Self
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
as Self
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
as Self
2021
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
as Self - Filmmaker
Corona Film Club
as Self
2019
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
as Self - director, critique
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
as Self
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
2018
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
as Self - Filmmaker
2017
Aware, Anywhere
as Himself
2016
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self - Movie Director
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
as Self
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self
2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self
2013
Professor Goudet's Lessons
as Self
2012
A Special Day
as Self
2011
Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »
as Self (cinéaste)
2010
… But Film Is My Mistress
as Self
2008
Inventory
as Interviewee
2007
In the Mood for Doyle
as Himself
2003
Making of 'Demonlover'
as Self
1993
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self