Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas (born 1955) is a French screenwriter, film director and film critic.
Olivier Assayas
- Born
- 1955 · 15th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film director · film critic
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
- Honours
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film · New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film · National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film · Louis Delluc Prize · Cannes Best Director Award
- Languages
- French
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Biography
Olivier Assayas studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3. The recorded working language is French. Residence is recorded at Paris. Employment is recorded with Cahiers du cinéma. Positions recorded include president. Work by Olivier Assayas is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Louis Delluc Prize.
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15th arrondissement of Paris.
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