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Olivier Assayas

Writer | Director | Cinematographer

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Was one of the first European to pay attention to the cinema emerging from Asia. See more trivia »

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in Paris, France
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2014 Sils Maria (pre-production)
 
2012 Something in the Air (screenplay)
 
2010 Carlos (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (2010) (written by)
– Episode #1.2 (2010) (written by)
– Episode #1.1 (2010) (written by)
 
2008 Summer Hours (writer)
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "Recrudescence")
 
2007 Boarding Gate (written by)
 
2006 Metric (video documentary) (idea)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
 
2004/I Clean (written by)
 
2002 Demonlover (written by)
 
2000 Les destinées
 
1998 Alice and Martin (writer)
 
1998 Late August, Early September (written by)
 
1997 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
– HHH - Un portrait de Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1997) (writer)
 
1996 Irma Vep (written by)
 
1994 Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... (TV series)
– La page blanche (1994) (writer)
 
1994 L'eau froide
 
1993 A New Life (writer)
 
1991 Paris s'éveille
 
1990 Filha da Mãe
 
1989 Winter's Child (writer)
 
1987 Avril brisé
 
1986 Disorder
 
1986 Scene of the Crime
 
1986 L'unique
 
1985 Passage secret (dialogue / scenario)
 
1985 Rendez-vous
 
1982 Étoiles et toiles (TV series documentary)
– Kim Basinger (interactive dialogue)
 
1982 Laissé inachevé à Tokyo (short)
 
1980 Scopitone (short) (scenario and dialogue)
 
Show ShowDirector (27 titles)
2014 Sils Maria (pre-production)
 
2012 Something in the Air
 
2010 Carlos (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (2010)
– Episode #1.2 (2010)
– Episode #1.1 (2010)
 
2008 Summer Hours
 
2008 Eldorado (TV documentary)
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "Recrudescence")
 
2007 Boarding Gate
 
2007 Stockhausen/Preljocaj Dialogue (TV documentary)
 
2006/II Noise (documentary)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
 
2004/I Clean
 
2002 Demonlover
 
2000 Les destinées
 
1998 Late August, Early September
 
1997 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
– HHH - Un portrait de Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1997)
 
1997/II Sans titre (documentary short)
 
1996 Irma Vep
 
1994 Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... (TV series)
– La page blanche (1994)
 
1994 L'eau froide
 
1993 A New Life
 
1991 Paris s'éveille
 
1989 Winter's Child
 
1986 Disorder
 
1984 Winston Tong en studio (documentary short)
 
1982 Laissé inachevé à Tokyo (short)
 
1980 Rectangle - Deux chansons de Jacno (short)
 
1979 Copyright (short)
 
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2006/II Noise (documentary)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
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1978 Superman (editorial intern)
 
1977 Crossed Swords (third assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary) (thanks)
 
1996 Mahjong (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
2012 Une journée particulière (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Cannes Film Festival 2011 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008-2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008-2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2011 The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
 
2010 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– La règle du jeu (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Le cinéma français est en voyage d'affaires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Mémoires du cinéma francais, de la libération à nos jours (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 In the Mood for Doyle (TV documentary)
 
2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 May 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Vocation cinéaste (documentary)
 
2003 SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Making of 'Demonlover' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Léaud l'unique (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 Sonic Cinema (TV series)
Himself
 
1997 Paskvil (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1997) … Himself
 
1993 François Truffaut: Portraits volés (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Biography: "Kenneth Anger", 1999.

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Ultimately, what I am most interested in is what contradicts what I have written because that's exactly where real life moves into the film. See more »

Trivia:

Was one of the first European to pay attention to the cinema emerging from Asia. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius