Olivier Assayas

1955-

Biography: life and films

Olivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, France on 25th January 1955.

His best films as a screenwriter include Jérôme Diamant-Berger's L'Unique (1986), André Téchiné's Le Lieu du crime (1986), Les Destinées sentimentales (2000), L'Heure d'été (2008) and Carlos (2010), and whose best work as a film director include Clean (2004), L'Heure d'été (2008), Carlos (2010) and Après mai (2012).

Olivier Assayas has so far scripted 23 films and directed 20 films (including 4 shorts).

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: André Téchiné (3 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (15 films), romance (4), comedy-drama (4) and Thriller (3).

Our average rating for Olivier Assayas over all films is: 3.5

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Passage secret (1985) [w]

Rendez-vous (1985) [w]

Désordre (1986) [d,w]

L'Unique (1986) [w]

Le Lieu du crime (1986) [w]

Avril brisé (1987) [w]

L'Enfant de l'hiver (1989) [d,w]

Paris s'éveille (1991) [d,w]

François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993) [a]

Une nouvelle vie (1993) [d,w]

L'Eau froide (1994) [d,w]

Irma Vep (1996) [d,w]

Alice et Martin (1998) [w]

Fin août, début septembre (1998) [d,w]

Les Destinées sentimentales (2000) [d,w]

Demonlover (2002) [d,w]

Clean (2004) [d,w]

Paris, je t'aime (2006) [d]

Boarding Gate (2007) [d,w]

Chacun son cinéma (2007) [d,w]

L'Heure d'été (2008) [d,w]

Carlos (2010) [d,w]

Après mai (2012) [d,w]

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) [d,w]

Personal Shopper (2016) [d,w]



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