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]
Désordre (1986) [d,w]
L'Unique (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]
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]
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
The best of Japanese cinema
The silent era of French cinema
