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Olivier Assayas

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  • Director
  • Producer
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Olivier Assayas
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Olivier Assayas is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is best know for his films Demonlover (2002), Something in the Air (2012), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016).

Assayas is the son of French director/screenwriter Raymond Assayas, alias Jacques Rémy.

His directorial debut was in the short film Copyright (1979).
BornJanuary 25, 1955
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BornJanuary 25, 1955
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 30 wins & 70 nominations total

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Olivier Assayas in Something in the Air (2012)
Olivier Assayas and Edgar Ramírez in Carlos (2010)
Olivier Assayas and Jérémie Renier in Summer Hours (2008)
Olivier Assayas in Summer Hours (2008)
Olivier Assayas in Boarding Gate (2007)
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas, Guillaume Canet, Vincent Macaigne, Christa Théret, and Nora Hamzawi
Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart
Juliette Binoche, Olivier Assayas, and Kristen Stewart
Olivier Assayas at an event for Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Juliette Binoche and Olivier Assayas at an event for Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

Known for

Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper
6.1
  • Writer
  • 2016
Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Clouds of Sils Maria
6.7
  • Writer
  • 2014
Paris, je t'aime (2006)
Paris, je t'aime
7.2
  • Writer(segment Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
  • 2006
Edgar Ramírez in Carlos (2010)
Carlos
7.6
TV Mini Series
  • Writer

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Writer

  • Jeanne Balibar, Vincent Macaigne, Carrie Brownstein, Lars Eidinger, Alicia Vikander, Byron Bowers, Devon Ross, and Adria Arjona in Irma Vep (2022)
    Irma Vep
    • based on the motion picture by
    • created by
    • written by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura, Edgar Ramírez, and Ana de Armas in Wasp Network (2019)
    Wasp Network
    • written by
    • 2019
  • Juliette Binoche, Guillaume Canet, Vincent Macaigne, and Christa Théret in Non-Fiction (2018)
    Non-Fiction
    • Writer
    • 2018
  • D'après une histoire vraie (2017)
    D'après une histoire vraie
    • screenplay
    • 2017
  • Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper (2016)
    Personal Shopper
    • written by
    • 2016
  • Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
    Clouds of Sils Maria
    • written by
    • 2014
  • Something in the Air (2012)
    Something in the Air
    • screenplay
    • 2012
  • Edgar Ramírez in Carlos (2010)
    Carlos
    • written by
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2010
  • Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance (2008)
    Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2008
  • Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, and Jérémie Renier in Summer Hours (2008)
    Summer Hours
    • writer
    • 2008
  • Recrudescence (2007)
    Recrudescence
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
    To Each His Own Cinema
    • Writer (segment Recrudescence)
    • 2007
  • Asia Argento in Boarding Gate (2007)
    Boarding Gate
    • written by
    • 2007
  • Metric
    • idea
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Paris, je t'aime (2006)
    Paris, je t'aime
    • Writer (segment Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
    • 2006

Director

  • Jeanne Balibar, Vincent Macaigne, Carrie Brownstein, Lars Eidinger, Alicia Vikander, Byron Bowers, Devon Ross, and Adria Arjona in Irma Vep (2022)
    Irma Vep
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura, Edgar Ramírez, and Ana de Armas in Wasp Network (2019)
    Wasp Network
    • Director
    • 2019
  • Juliette Binoche, Guillaume Canet, Vincent Macaigne, and Christa Théret in Non-Fiction (2018)
    Non-Fiction
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper (2016)
    Personal Shopper
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
    Clouds of Sils Maria
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Something in the Air (2012)
    Something in the Air
    • Director
    • 2012
  • Edgar Ramírez in Carlos (2010)
    Carlos
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2010
  • Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance (2008)
    Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2008
  • Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, and Jérémie Renier in Summer Hours (2008)
    Summer Hours
    • Director
    • 2008
  • Eldorado (2008)
    Eldorado
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2008
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen and Angelin Preljocaj in Stockhausen/Preljocaj (Conversation) (2007)
    Stockhausen/Preljocaj (Conversation)
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2007
  • Recrudescence (2007)
    Recrudescence
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
    To Each His Own Cinema
    • Director (segment Recrudescence)
    • 2007
  • Asia Argento in Boarding Gate (2007)
    Boarding Gate
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Noise (2006)
    Noise
    • Director
    • 2006

Producer

  • Jeanne Balibar, Vincent Macaigne, Carrie Brownstein, Lars Eidinger, Alicia Vikander, Byron Bowers, Devon Ross, and Adria Arjona in Irma Vep (2022)
    Irma Vep
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Cold Water (1994)
    Cold Water
    • producer (produced by)
    • 1994
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Official Trailer
Trailer 2:18
Official Trailer
Carlos
Trailer 2:11
Carlos
Summer Hours
Trailer 2:11
Summer Hours
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Trailer 2:32
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Searching for Ingmar Bergman -  Official Trailer HD
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Searching for Ingmar Bergman - Official Trailer HD

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  • Born
    • January 25, 1955
    • Paris, France
  • Spouse
    • Maggie CheungDecember 26, 1998 - May 2001 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Biography: "Kenneth Anger", 1999.
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    • 4 Interviews
    • 2 Articles

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    Son of Jacques Rémy.
  • Quotes
    I like the adventure of making films. And the adventure of making films has to do with the capacity you have of listening to your guts.

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