Benoît Jacquot

Known For

Directing

Born

Feb 05, 1947

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Credits

71 titles

Benoît Jacquot

Biography

Benoît Jacquot is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. Born in Paris, Jacquot began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films, including Nathalie Granger, India Song, and also actor in the 1973 short film La Sœur du cadre. He turned to writing and directing with the 1975 film The Musician Killer, which starred Anna Karina. He has directed over forty films, the most notable of which to American audiences are La Désenchantée (1990), starring Judith Godrèche, and A Single Girl (1995), starring Virginie Ledoyen. In 2003, he directed Massenet's opera Werther conducted by Antonio Pappano at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. His film Farewell, My Queen opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. His 2014 film Three Hearts competed for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. In July 2024, Jacquot was charged with rape, including of a minor, and was barred from directing and having contact with minors.

Known For

Filmography

2025

Belle

Screenplay

Movie
2023

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

Self

Movie
2022

By Heart

Voice

Movie
2021

Suzanna Andler

Director

Movie
2019

Casanova, Last Love

Director

Movie
2018

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata

Director

Movie
2018

Eva

Director

Movie
2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Captain Welcoming Arysum

Movie
2016

Never Ever

Director

Movie
2016

Massenet: Werther

Director

Movie
2016

Gentleman Rissient

Director

Movie
2015

La Traviata - Opéra de Paris

Director

Movie
2015

Diary of a Chambermaid

Director

Movie
2014

3 Hearts

Director

Movie
2013

Chinese Puzzle

Xavier's Dad

Movie
2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Director

Movie
2012

Joan

Movie
2012

Looking for Hortense

Kévadian

Movie
2012

Farewell, My Queen

Writer

Movie
2011

Rendez-vous chez Lacan

Self

Movie
2010

Deep in the Woods

Director

Movie
2010

Lubitsch, le patron

Self

Movie
2010

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

Self (archive footage)

Movie
2010

Massenet: Werther

Director

Movie
2010

The Counterfeiters

Director

Movie
2009

Villa Amalia

Director

Movie
2006

The Untouchable

Director

Movie
2006

Gaspard le bandit

Director

Movie
2004

À tout de suite

Director

Movie
2004

Princess Marie

Director

Tv
2002

Adolphe

Director

Movie
2001

Tosca

Director

Movie
2000

Sade

Director

Movie
2000

The False Servant

Director

Movie
1999

Keep It Quiet

Director

Movie
1998

The School of Flesh

Director

Movie
1998

Par cœur

Director

Movie
1998

Vivement dimanche

Self

Tv
1997

Seventh Heaven

Director

Movie
1997

La Vie de Marianne

Director

Movie
1995

A Single Girl

Director

Movie
1994

Écrire

Director

Movie
1994

Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée

Director

Movie
1993

Emma Zunz

Director

Movie
1993

Cuentos de Borges

Writer

Tv
1993

The Death of the Young English Aviator

Director

Movie
1991

dans la solitude des champs de coton

Director

Movie
1990

The Disenchanted

Director

Movie
1990

Journey to the End of the Night

Director

Movie
1989

L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell

Director

Movie