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Olivier Assayas

Olivier ASSAYAS (1955) is a French director, scriptwriter, and film critic. He was educated at the art academy in Paris and wrote for the prestigious magazine Cahiers du Cinéma. He has also written screenplays and directed several short and feature films, documentaries, and TV productions. In 1986, his feature debut, Disorder, won the critics’ prize in Venice. As well as developing a filmography, Assayas is also working on a bibliography, which includes his book Conversation avec Bergman (1990). Five of his films have already been nominated for a Golden Palm in Cannes, where Personal Shopper (2016) earned him the tied award for Best Director. Assayas is known for his eclectic filmography, consisting of slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and comedies. Assayas’s latest film, The Wizard of the Kremlin, premiered at the 82nd Venice Film Festival in 2025 and was selected for the IFFR 2026 Limelight programme.

 

Filmography

(selection) Copyright (1979, short), Rectangle, deux chansons de Jacno (1980, short), Laissé inachevé à Tokyo (1982, short), Winston Tong en studio (1984, short), Désordre/Disorder (1986), L’enfant de l’hiver/Winter’s Child (1989), Paris s’éveille (1991), Une nouvelle vie/A new Life (1993), L’eau froide/Cold Water (1994), Irma Vep (1996), Hou Hsiao-hsien hua hsiang/HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-hsien (1997, doc), Fin août, début septembre/Late August, Early September (1998), Les destinées sentimentales (2000), Demonlover (2002), Clean (2004), Noise (2005, doc), Paris je t’aime (2006, short), Boarding Gate (2007), Chacun son cinema (2007, short), Eldorado (2008, doc), L’heure d’été/Summer Hours (2008), Carlos (2010, TV series), Après mai/Something in the Air (2012), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), Personal Shopper (2016), Doubles Vies/Non-Fiction (2018), Wasp Network (2019), Suspended Time (2024), The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025). 

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Olivier Assayas at IFFR

  • The Wizard of the Kremlin

    Olivier Assayas, Olivier Assayas | 145' | France | Dutch Premiere

    Paul Dano and Jude Law spearhead the birth of an autocracy in Olivier Assayas’s political opus.

  • Personal Shopper

    Olivier Assayas | 105' | France | None

    After her much lauded role in Clouds of Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas again casts Kristen Stewart as a celebrity’s assistant. This time, her job i

  • A new life

    Olivier Assayas | 122' | France | -

    Drama of relationships: Tina embarks on a quest for her father. With passion, hatred and jealousy. By the maker of L’ENFANT DE L’HIVER and PARIS…

  • L’ENFANT DE L’HIVER

    Olivier Assayas | 84' | France | -

  • Laisse inachevé à Tokyo

    Olivier Assayas | 22' | -

  • Winston Tong en studio

    Olivier Assayas | 12' | France | -

  • Après mai

    Olivier Assayas | 122' | France | None

    Paris, early 1970s. Gilles is a student swept up in the political and creative effervescence of the times. Like his friends, he wavers between commitm

  • Doubles vies

    Olivier Assayas | 106' | France | None

    Nimble comedy drama where Olivier Assayas (Après mai, Personal Shopper) criticises a generation of French intellectuals struggling to move with

  • Clean

    Olivier Assayas | 110' | Canada | -

    Moving and convincing film about the young widow of a pop star, who fights for her child and against her addiction. A film that is…

  • Fin août, début septembre

    Olivier Assayas | 112' | France | -

    With unchanging intelligence and surgical precision, Assayas investigates modern (French) relationships and their underlying (universal) sensitivities