Olivier Nicklaus

Directing

Olivier Nicklaus

Born

1969-10-20 (56)

Place of birth

Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

Known for

The Good Teacher poster
6.4

Julien, a young teacher, is wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct by a teenage girl from his class. As he faces mounting pressures from the girl’s older brother and her classmates, the situation spirals out of control. Allegations spread, the entire school is thrown into turmoil, and the teacher has to fight to clear his name.

The Good Teacher

2024

Planetarium poster
4.6

In 1930s France, two sisters who are thought to be able to communicate with ghosts meet a visionary producer while performing in Paris.

Planetarium

2016

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy poster
5.5

Jeanne, a receptionist at a travel agency, is looking for the love of her life. She thinks she has finally found it with Olivier. However, Olivier reveals he has AIDS and disappears from her life after her profession of love and confession of infidelity.

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

1998

Paul Newman: The Restless poster
7.5

Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he embodied the quintessential Hollywood star. But he never seemed satisfied. The son of a Jewish sporting goods retailer who despises him and a Catholic mother who adores him, driven by self-doubt and an inherited need for approval from his childhood, he has worked throughout his fifty-year career to break the image of the pretty boy. He made his first experiences in the famous Actors Studio. The breakthrough as a screen star came in 1958 with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". From then on he preferred characters on the edge of the American dream. With archive images and film excerpts, the documentary paints a portrait of a socio-politically committed man with many facets and also pays tribute to the role of his wife Joanne Woodward.

Paul Newman: The Restless

2023

Azzedine Alaïa, un couturier français poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Azzedine Alaïa, un couturier français

2022

Pop Models poster
6.2

Directed by Olivier Nicklaus.

Pop Models

2014

Film credits

Behind the camera

Paul Newman: The Restless poster
7.5

Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he embodied the quintessential Hollywood star. But he never seemed satisfied. The son of a Jewish sporting goods retailer who despises him and a Catholic mother who adores him, driven by self-doubt and an inherited need for approval from his childhood, he has worked throughout his fifty-year career to break the image of the pretty boy. He made his first experiences in the famous Actors Studio. The breakthrough as a screen star came in 1958 with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". From then on he preferred characters on the edge of the American dream. With archive images and film excerpts, the documentary paints a portrait of a socio-politically committed man with many facets and also pays tribute to the role of his wife Joanne Woodward.

Paul Newman: The Restless

2023

Azzedine Alaïa, un couturier français poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Azzedine Alaïa, un couturier français

2022

Pop Models poster
6.2

Directed by Olivier Nicklaus.

Pop Models

2014

Rachel's Game poster
4.8

Home cook Rachel, a sort of Ma Dalton, has raised her sons Sam and Jeremiah, and her grandson, Nathan, in the cult of conning. From bad plans to petty theft, this friendly family of broken arms is always after the big score. Luck or fate, during a burglary, they steal a painting by Tamara de Lempicka without knowing its value. Céleste, a shrewd and charming detective, sets out in pursuit.

Rachel's Game

2024

Go Global poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Go Global

2012

I'm Coming poster
1.7

Driss, a 19-year-old black man, acts in a porn film for the first time. Encouraged by the film director, Driss rapes Joana, his partner in the film. After the shoot, he decides to follow the young woman through the streets of Paris.

I'm Coming

2009

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity poster
7.4

With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary virility. But who is he really? Often hired to play marginalised Native American or Mexican characters before he was typecast as the image of a lone killer, Bronson was a major figure in the popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s and his stony-faced, physical acting and career are worthy of a second look.

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

2020

Gucci: The Empire of Scandal poster
7.3

Conspicuous luxury with the famous double G. Divided family empire, culminating in fratricidal and deadly struggles in 1995 with the murder of Maurizio Gucci by his ex-wife, Patrizia. Provocative style, notably with the transgressive porno chic invented in the late 90s by Tom Ford. A war at the top of the luxury groups, pitting moguls Bernard Arnault and François Pinault against each other to take over the house – a war Pinault won after 30 months, making Gucci the flagship of the Kering group today. No other fashion house has had such a wild and boisterous history as Gucci. This film will bring to light the breathtaking saga of this house that is more than a century old, and still at the pinnacle of its creative power.

Gucci: The Empire of Scandal

2025

Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy poster
3.0

Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy features nine award-winning short films. Boys will be boys in Pascal-Alex Vincent's FAR WEST and CANDY BOY, where a farmyard and an orphanage get a gay makeover. GO-GO REJECT sees Flashdance obsessive Daniel aim for the stars, as SWEAT has Holby City's David Paisley infiltrating a bath house with unexpected results. Meanwhile, love proves to be timeless when LAST CALL unites past and present, but TWOYOUNGMEN, UT. hints at an uncertain future. Looking back on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, BLOCKS focuses on the sexual awakening of a peeping Tom. Two more young boys, a confused JAMES and mute DAVID, both reach out for an experienced hand, but will they find what they are looking for?

Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy

2010

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood poster
5.7

From his first major film role (In the Heat of the Night, 1961) to his most recent film (Bulworth, 1998), he sought and shunned the spotlight with equal fervor. An irresistible embodiment of the American male and a collector of women, actor-producer-screenwriter and ultimately Oscar-winning director Warren Beatty embodies the genius, candor, and excesses of Hollywood.

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood poster
5.7

From his first major film role (In the Heat of the Night, 1961) to his most recent film (Bulworth, 1998), he sought and shunned the spotlight with equal fervor. An irresistible embodiment of the American male and a collector of women, actor-producer-screenwriter and ultimately Oscar-winning director Warren Beatty embodies the genius, candor, and excesses of Hollywood.

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

2015

Vadim Mister Cool poster
5.9

As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and prolific father... Roger Vladimir Plémiannikov, a.k.a. Roger Vadim, tried everything until his death in 2000. Portrait of a man at the cutting edge of fashion and trends.

Vadim Mister Cool

2016

Vadim Mister Cool poster
5.9

As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and prolific father... Roger Vladimir Plémiannikov, a.k.a. Roger Vadim, tried everything until his death in 2000. Portrait of a man at the cutting edge of fashion and trends.

Vadim Mister Cool

2016

The Versace Saga poster
6.8

The Versace story is a family story of glory and tragedy that reads like a glamorous soap opera. In the late 1970s, Gianni Versace founded a small family business that would grow into a global fashion empire with his older brother in charge of the finances and his sister as artistic director. His audacious designs would revolutionise the fashion industry.

The Versace Saga

2023

Apocalypse Mode poster
7.3

After decades of growth and ostentation, when every excess was allowed, the fashion industry is currently at a turning point, caught up in the political issues that are reshaping our times: climate change and sustainable development, cultural representation and appropriation, equality, gender issues... Brands and creators are now subject to increasingly sharp public scrutiny. How is the fashion industry facing these challenges and responding to this new paradigm? Based as it is on the concept of planned obsolescence, can fashion survive?

Apocalypse Mode

2021

Apocalypse Mode poster
7.3

After decades of growth and ostentation, when every excess was allowed, the fashion industry is currently at a turning point, caught up in the political issues that are reshaping our times: climate change and sustainable development, cultural representation and appropriation, equality, gender issues... Brands and creators are now subject to increasingly sharp public scrutiny. How is the fashion industry facing these challenges and responding to this new paradigm? Based as it is on the concept of planned obsolescence, can fashion survive?

Apocalypse Mode

2021

Apocalypse Mode poster
7.3

After decades of growth and ostentation, when every excess was allowed, the fashion industry is currently at a turning point, caught up in the political issues that are reshaping our times: climate change and sustainable development, cultural representation and appropriation, equality, gender issues... Brands and creators are now subject to increasingly sharp public scrutiny. How is the fashion industry facing these challenges and responding to this new paradigm? Based as it is on the concept of planned obsolescence, can fashion survive?

Apocalypse Mode

2021

Antifashion poster
NR

In the early 1990s, with the economic crisis, the first Gulf War and the devastation caused by AIDS, fashion reflected the times. It was sombre, desperate and sometimes violent. Clothing underwent deconstruction and recycling, and fashion shows became fashion performances.

Antifashion

2012

Coco Chanel's battles poster
6.6

A TV documentary that recounts the many "battles" Coco Chanel overcame to become the great businesswoman and legend she is considered today.

Coco Chanel's battles

2019

No artwork available
NR

At the International Wool Secretariat competition, 18-year-old Yves Saint Laurent and 21-year-old Karl Lagerfeld are honoured. Whilst Saint Laurent takes over Dior shortly afterwards and founds his own label, Lagerfeld becomes a master of constant reinvention. The former friends become bitter rivals, not least because of Jacques de Bascher, Lagerfeld’s flamboyant partner, who also comes dangerously close to Saint Laurent.

The Prince and the Kaiser – Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld

2026

No artwork available
NR

At the International Wool Secretariat competition, 18-year-old Yves Saint Laurent and 21-year-old Karl Lagerfeld are honoured. Whilst Saint Laurent takes over Dior shortly afterwards and founds his own label, Lagerfeld becomes a master of constant reinvention. The former friends become bitter rivals, not least because of Jacques de Bascher, Lagerfeld’s flamboyant partner, who also comes dangerously close to Saint Laurent.

The Prince and the Kaiser – Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld

2026

Far West poster
5.2

Eric is forced to spend his holidays on his grandfather's farm in the countryside. Bored out of his mind, an unexpected visit from over-the-top friends Mika and Koko, and the appearance of a hunky farmhand, pull Eric out of the doldrums.

Far West

2003

No artwork available
NR

Short Film About a House in LA named the House of Love

House of Love

2026

Just for Sex poster
2.8

In fifteen minutes, Olivier receives a “quickie”. But is it as simple as that?

Just for Sex

2009

Just for Sex poster
2.8

In fifteen minutes, Olivier receives a “quickie”. But is it as simple as that?

Just for Sex

2009

Hollywood by Accident poster
9.0

All his life, Adrien Perreti looked like a girl. So, whatever: he decided to become a diva, in Hollywood...by accident.

Hollywood by Accident

2004

Golden 80s poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Golden 80s

2012

About Elephant poster
NR

15-minute interview with director Gus Van Sant on Elephant (2003)

About Elephant

2003

Pourquoi nous détestent-ils, nous les homosexuels? poster
NR

Director, screenwriter and actor, Gurwann Tran Van Gie has assumed his homosexuality since he was 20 years old. In 2013, the violent homophobic reactions of the supporters of the "Manif pour tous", which he hears from his balcony, make him fear to be targeted for the first time. That year, attacks against homosexuals increased sixfold. Gurwann Tran Van Gie explores the roots of homophobia as he looks back on his life. He presents the work of the association Contact Rhône, which tries to maintain or renew the dialogue between lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and their families. As for the association Le Refuge, it takes in underage homosexuals driven out by their parents, of which there are 1000 each year.

Pourquoi nous détestent-ils, nous les homosexuels?

2017