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 slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs, and comedies. He has directed French, Spanish, and English-language 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
Defining films
In their own words
In my early films, I had a great desire to merge the French New Wave and American films. Among my references, for the rhythm and the style and the energy, I certainly had Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard.
I was very interested in the way [Kiyoshi Kurosawa] used digital video, not to imitate film, but to create its own visual language, with its own specific grain, its own textures. That really liberated me when I was working on demonlover.
I was very interested in the way he [Kiyoshi Kurosawa] used digital video, not to imitate film, but to create its own visual language. That really liberated me when I was working on demonlover.
Films by decade
