Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas

Directing

Born January 25, 1955 · Paris, France

33 films as director · Active 1982–2026

Olivier Assayas (French: [ɔlivje asajas]; born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his eclectic filmography, consisting of slow-burning perio…

Known for

Quotidien

Quotidien

2016

Clique

Clique

2013

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015

A Special Day

A Special Day

2012

In the Mood for Doyle

In the Mood for Doyle

2007

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

2018

Being Bo Widerberg

Being Bo Widerberg

2025

Room 999

Room 999

2023

Directed(33)

The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026The Wizard of the Kremlin★ 6.5
Suspended Time
2024Suspended Time★ 5.1
Wasp Network
2020Wasp Network★ 6.0
Non-Fiction
2018Non-Fiction★ 5.4
Personal Shopper
2016Personal Shopper★ 5.9
Clouds of Sils Maria
2014Clouds of Sils Maria★ 6.6
Something in the Air
2012Something in the Air★ 5.9
Carlos
2010Carlos★ 7.0
Summer Hours
2008Summer Hours★ 6.4
2008Eldorado★ 5.3
Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
2008Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live Performance
To Each His Own Cinema
2007To Each His Own Cinema★ 6.5
Boarding Gate
2007Boarding Gate★ 5.0
Paris Je T'aime
2006Paris Je T'aime★ 6.8
Noise
2006Noise★ 4.5
2006Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
Clean
2004Clean★ 6.4
Demonlover
2002Demonlover★ 5.8
Sentimental Destinies
2000Sentimental Destinies★ 5.5
Late August, Early September
1999Late August, Early September★ 5.9
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1999HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien★ 7.9
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung
1997Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung★ 4.0
Irma Vep
1996Irma Vep★ 6.7
Cold Water
1994Cold Water★ 6.4
A New Life
1993A New Life★ 4.8
Paris Awakens
1991Paris Awakens★ 6.0
Winter's Child
1989Winter's Child★ 6.5
Disorder
1986Disorder★ 6.1
Winston Tong In Studio
1984Winston Tong In Studio★ 3.8
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
1982Laissé inachevé à Tokyo★ 4.8

Acting(29)

2025Being Bo WiderbergSelf
Film
2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaSelf - Filmmaker
Film
2024Suspended TimeNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Film
2023Room 999Self
Film
2023Art-House America: Austin Film SocietySelf
Film
2023Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To BeSelf
Film
2021The Cinematograph: Birth of an ArtSelf - Filmmaker
Film
2021Corona Film ClubSelf
Film
2019Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous haisSelf - director, critique
Film
2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover SessionsSelf
Film
2019André Téchiné: A Passion for CinemaSelf - Filmmaker
Film
2018Searching for Ingmar BergmanSelf - Filmmaker
Film
2017Aware, AnywhereHimself
Film
2016Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and PassionSelf - Movie Director
Film
2016QuotidienSelf - Guest
TV
2016Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une ruptureSelf
Film
2015Hitchcock/TruffautSelf
Film
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf
Film
2013CliqueSelf - Guest
TV
2013Professor Goudet's LessonsSelf
Film
2012A Special DaySelf
Film
2011Il était une fois... « La règle du jeu »Self (cinéaste)
Film
2010… But Film Is My MistressSelf
Film
2008InventoryInterviewee
Film
2007In the Mood for DoyleHimself
Film
2003Making of 'Demonlover'Self
Film
2001Léaud l'uniqueSelf - filmmaker
Film
2001Isabelle Huppert, une vie pour jouerSelf
Film
1993François Truffaut: Stolen PortraitsSelf
Film