French film director, screenwriter and film critic
Olivier Assayas
Assayas in 2010
Born
(1955-01-25) 25 January 1955 (age 69)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)
Film director, screenwriter, film critic
Years active
1977–present
Spouse
Maggie Cheung
(m. 1998; div. 2001)
Partner
Mia Hansen-Løve (2002–2017)
Children
1
Olivier Assayas (French:[ɔlivjeasajas]; 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). He gained acclaim with 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).
OlivierAssayas (French: [ɔlivje asajas]; born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his eclectic...
Irma Vep is a 1996 French comedy-drama film written and directed by OlivierAssayas. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalised version of herself...
Assayas is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Michka Assayas (born 1958), French author, music journalist, and radio presenter...
set electrician. Also in France, Summer Hours (2008), directed by OlivierAssayas, is the critically acclaimed story of three siblings who struggle with...
in OlivierAssayas' drama film Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), which won her the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Stewart reunited with Assayas in...
2016 supernatural psychological thriller film written and directed by OlivierAssayas. The film stars Kristen Stewart as a young American woman in Paris...
territories) is a 2014 psychological drama film written and directed by OlivierAssayas, and starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz...
Time (French: Hors du temps) is a 2024 French drama film directed by OlivierAssayas. The film was selected for competition in the 74th Berlin International...
also starred in the French thriller Demonlover (2002), directed by OlivierAssayas. She played the Irish mother to an orphan in A Shine of Rainbows (2009)...
Inn (1992). After taking a break in 1994, Cheung returned to film OlivierAssayas' Irma Vep (1996), which helped her break into the international scene...
performer. Joana Preiss has starred in the films of Christophe Honoré, OlivierAssayas, Nobuhiro Suwa and Pia Marais, and has also collaborated with Nan Goldin...
her work in films by Kanye West, Robert Guédiguian, Marwan Hamed and OlivierAssayas. She plays Lyta Hall in the 2022 Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's...
production in November 2016 from a script adapted by Polanski and OlivierAssayas. It premiered out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival on...
April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020. Keslassy, Elsa (31 August 2019). "OlivierAssayas on Making 'Wasp Network' in Cuba 'During a Very Tense Time' (EXCLUSIVE)"...
part of the festival, renowned French filmmaker OlivierAssayas was announced as the special guest. Assayas conducted a masterclass and a retrospective of...
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