His third directed film, La Vie en Rose, was one of the only French cinema films to win two Academy Awards,[citation needed] including the first acting Oscar in the French language.

Dahan was born in La Ciotat, France, to a father of Algerian-Jewish origin.

In the beginning of 2004, he decided to shoot a film on the life of the French singer Édith Piaf.

Upon accepting the award, she credited Olivier Dahan for changing her life in whole and as an actress.

In the afterwards of the Academy Award ceremony, Olivier Dahan started to work on an English-language road movie named My Own Love Song released on April 7, 2010.