::: OLIVIER ASSAYAS :::

AFFINITY FOR THE ECLECTIC

Olivier Assayas, a pre-eminent face of French cinema that

emerged in the 90s was born to circumstances that charted

the path into filmmaking. Born to filmmaker and

screenwriter Jacques Remy filmmaking was not unfamiliar

terrain. Like many of the major French filmmakers Assayas’

experience began with his assignment with Cahiers du

Cinema, the cradle for famous directors.  He felt that “writing

about film was a way of approaching the medium to try to

solve questions about how to make films, how to work

with actors, and how to approach film as an art.” Like

Godard, Truffaut and Malle he had the discerning point of

view of a detached observer and, yet did not detract from

his vision