Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas 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.
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The Wizard of the Kremlin
writer
2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin
director
2026
Being Bo Widerberg
actor
2025
Suspended Time
actor
2024
Suspended Time
director
2024
Suspended Time
writer
2024
Wasp Network
writer
2020
Wasp Network
director
2020
Non-Fiction
director
2018
Non-Fiction
writer
2018
Based on a True Story
writer
2017
Personal Shopper
director
2016
Personal Shopper
writer
2016
Hitchcock/Truffaut
actor
2015
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
actor
2014
Clouds of Sils Maria
director
2014
Clouds of Sils Maria
writer
2014
Professor Goudet's Lessons
actor
2013
A Special Day
actor
2012
Carlos
writer
2010
Carlos
director
2010
Summer Hours
director
2008
Summer Hours
writer
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
director
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
writer
2007
Boarding Gate
director
2007
Boarding Gate
writer
2007
Paris Je T'aime
writer
2006
Paris Je T'aime
director
2006
Clean
writer
2004
Clean
director
2004
Demonlover
director
2002
Demonlover
writer
2002
Léaud l'unique
actor
2001
Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouer
actor
2001
Sentimental Destinies
writer
2000
Sentimental Destinies
director
2000
Late August, Early September
writer
1999
Late August, Early September
director
1999
Alice and Martin
writer
1998
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
director
1997
Irma Vep
director
1996
Irma Vep
writer
1996
Cold Water
director
1994
Cold Water
writer
1994
A New Life
writer
1993
A New Life
director
1993
Paris Awakens
director
1991
Paris Awakens
writer
1991
L'unique
writer
1986
Secret Passage
writer
1985
Rendez-vous
writer
1985
