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
Belle
Screenplay
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
Self
By Heart
Voice
Suzanna Andler
Director
Casanova, Last Love
Director
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
Director
Eva
Director
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Captain Welcoming Arysum
Never Ever
Director
Massenet: Werther
Director
Gentleman Rissient
Director
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
Director
Diary of a Chambermaid
Director
3 Hearts
Director
Chinese Puzzle
Xavier's Dad
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
Joan
Looking for Hortense
Kévadian
Farewell, My Queen
Writer
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
Self
Deep in the Woods
Director
Lubitsch, le patron
Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Self (archive footage)
Massenet: Werther
Director
The Counterfeiters
Director
Villa Amalia
Director
The Untouchable
Director
Gaspard le bandit
Director
À tout de suite
Director
Princess Marie
Director
Adolphe
Director
Tosca
Director
Sade
Director
The False Servant
Director
Keep It Quiet
Director
The School of Flesh
Director
Par cœur
Director
Vivement dimanche
Self
Seventh Heaven
Director
La Vie de Marianne
Director
A Single Girl
Director
Écrire
Director
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
Director
Emma Zunz
Director
Cuentos de Borges
Writer
The Death of the Young English Aviator
Director
dans la solitude des champs de coton
Director
The Disenchanted
Director
Journey to the End of the Night
Director
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
Director