Olivier Assayas

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 slowburning period pieces psychological thrillers neonoirs and comedies He has directed French Spanish and Englishlanguage films with international casts The son of filmmaker Jacques Rémy Assayas began his career as a critic for Cahiers du Cinéma There he wrote about world cinema and its film auteurs who later influenced his work Assayas made several short films and made his feature debut with Disorder in 1986 He continued directing feature films with Cold Water 1994 considered a breakthrough film in his career It was his first film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section His followup film Irma Vep 1996 also screened at Cannes while Sentimental Destinies 2000 Demonlover 2002 and Clean 2004 all officially competed for the Palme dOr In 2006 he contributed a short film to the anthology film Paris je taime 2006 Assayas gained acclaim for his dramas Summer Hours 2008 Clouds of Sils Maria 2014 and Personal Shopper 2016 the latter won him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director He also directed the comedy NonFiction 2018 and the spy thriller Wasp Network 2019 Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivier Assayas licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia