Olivier Assayas to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Paris
Last updated on June 8, 2025

Assayas created a stir on Saturday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Assayas fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for Something in the Air, Clean or Late August, Early September, will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 70, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 08/06/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Being a director isn't fun anymore

“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-screenwriter just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.

#ThankYouOlivier

For a little while on Saturday evening, #ThankYouOlivier was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.