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French film director, born 1955
Older brother of Michka Assayas.
President of the jury at the entrance examination of La Fmis (Frances national film school) in 2002.
Son of Jacques Rmy
Contributor to Cahiers du cinema. In 1990 he published a book, "Conversation avec Bergman".
Graduated from the French National School of Fine Arts (Paris)
Was one of the first European film critics to pay close attention to the new cinema emerging from Asia.
Member of the Official Competition jury at the 51st Venice International Film Festival in 1994.
His mother is Hungarian.
Married to director and journalist Mia Hansen-Lve.
Member of the Official Competition jury at the 64th Cannes International Film Festival in 2011.
President of the Official Competition jury at the 70th Locarno International Film Festival in 2017.
Split with his longtime partner Mia Hansen-Lve in 2016, with whom he has one daughter. Despite numerous mentions in the media referring to them as husband and wife, Hansen-Løve stated in an interview with The Final Cut that they had never been married.
I like the adventure of making films. And the adventure of making films,has to do with the capacity you have of listening to your guts.
There has to be a certain level of risk, creating images, characters,emotions, it involves something a little brutal. You must be prepared,to go in areas where you lose control.
When I started making films, the people I was hanging out with, the,scene in Paris at the time was very much musicians. So once in a while,it pops up and I use it as a background. Because there are moments in,life when you just have to say hello to your old friends.
2015],Movies are expressions of our imagination. They are expressions of our,conscious and of our subconscious. I think that movies can be analyzed,the way dreams are analyzed. .
