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Olivier Assayas

Birth Name:
Olivier Assayas
Birth Place:
Paris, France
Profession
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Cinematographer, Assistant director, Editorial department
Olivier Assayas

Fast Facts

  • Received an award at the Venice Film Festival for his film "Disorder․"
  • Started out as a film critic
  • Studied art and literature
  • Well known for his work involving stories of young Parisians

Awards

  • 1986Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1986César - Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation):Nominated
  • 1994Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
  • 1994Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
  • 1996Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
  • 1997KNF AwardWinner
  • 1998Golden SeashellNominated
  • 2000Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2000Audience AwardWinner
  • 2000Turia Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2002Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2002Best FilmNominated
  • 2002José Luis Guarner Critic's AwardWinner
  • 2003Best DirectorWinner
  • 2003Bronze DaggerWinner
  • 2003VVFP Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2003VVFP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2004Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2005Golden Kinnaree Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2006Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
  • 2008Grand PrizeNominated
  • 2009EDA Award - Best Non-English Language Film:Winner
  • 2009Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Winner
  • 2009ICP Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2010European Film Award - European Director:Nominated
  • 2010ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010ICP Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010INOCA - Best Non-English Language Film:Nominated
  • 2010LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2010LAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2010NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010NSFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010Critics Award - Honorable MentionWinner
  • 2010VVFP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2010VVFP Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2011César - Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur):Nominated
  • 2011Globe de Cristal - Best Television Film or Television Series (Meilleur téléfilm ou série télévisée):Winner
  • 2011ICS Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011INOCA - Best Non-English Language Film:Nominated
  • 2011INOCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Lumiere Award - Best Film (Meilleur Film):Nominated
  • 2011Lumiere Award - Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur):Nominated
  • 2011NSFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2011OFTA Television Award - Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries:Nominated
  • 2011Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special:Nominated
  • 2012Gold Hugo - Best International Feature:Nominated
  • 2012FICE Award - Best European Director (Migliore Regista Europeo):Winner
  • 2012Georges Delerue Prize - Best Music:Winner
  • 2012Fondazione Mimmo Rotella AwardWinner
  • 2012Golden LionNominated
  • 2012Golden Osella - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2013Jury Prize - Narrative Feature Film Competition:Nominated
  • 2014Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2014Audience Choice Award - Audience Choice Award:Nominated
  • 2014EuroCinema Hawai'i Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2014ICS Cannes Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2014Variety Piazza Grande AwardNominated
  • 2014ARRI/OSRAM Award - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2014Prix Louis Delluc - Best Film:Winner
  • 2015Politiken's Audience AwardNominated
  • 2015César - Best Film (Meilleur film):Nominated
  • 2015César - Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur):Nominated
  • 2015César - Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original):Nominated
  • 2015ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2015Halfway Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2015Halfway Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2015IOMA - Best European Film (Miglior film europeo):Nominated
  • 2015SLFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2016Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
  • 2016Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2016Best DirectorWinner
  • 2016Gaudí Award - Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea):Nominated
  • 2016ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2016INOCA - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2016Golden Giraldillo - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2017Fright Meter Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2017MovieZone AwardNominated
  • 2017Halfway Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017Halfway Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2018Golden Boll in International Feature Film - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2018Special Award - Best Rediscoveries:Winner
  • 2018Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2018Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Nominated
  • 2018ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Sant Jordi - Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera):Nominated
  • 2018Golden Giraldillo - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2018Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2019Prix du 45E festival du cinéma américain de deauvilleWinner
  • 2019Halfway Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2019Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2019Aurora AwardNominated
  • 2019Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2021César - Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleure adaptation):Nominated
  • 2022Queer PalmNominated
  • 2024Golden Berlin Bear - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2024Golden Spike - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2025City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience AwardNominated
  • 2025Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
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