Benoît Jacquot
Born: 1947-02-05 in Paris, France
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Belle ... (Screenplay)
2023
2022
- By Heart as Voice
2021
- Suzanna Andler ... (Director)
2019
- Casanova, Last Love ... (Director)
2018
- Eva ... (Director)
- Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata ... (Director)
2017
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as Captain Welcoming Arysum
2016
- Never Ever ... (Director)
- Massenet: Werther ... (Director)
- Gentleman Rissient ... (Director)
2015
- Diary of a Chambermaid ... (Director)
- La Traviata - Opéra de Paris ... (Director)
2014
- 3 Hearts ... (Screenplay)
2013
- Chinese Puzzle as Xavier's Dad
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Benoît Jacquot ... (Director)
2012
- Farewell, My Queen ... (Writer)
- Looking for Hortense as Kévadian
- Joan
2011
- Rendez-vous chez Lacan as Self
2010
- Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self (archive footage)
- Massenet: Werther ... (Director)
- The Counterfeiters ... (Writer)
- Lubitsch, le patron as Self
- Deep in the Woods ... (Director)
2009
- Villa Amalia ... (Director)
2006
- The Untouchable ... (Director)
- Gaspard le bandit ... (Director)
2004
- À tout de suite ... (Director)
- Princesse Marie ... (Director)
2002
- Adolphe ... (Director)
2001
- Tosca ... (Director)
2000
- Sade ... (Director)
- The False Servant ... (Director)
1999
- Keep It Quiet ... (Director)
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- Par cœur ... (Director)
- The School of Flesh ... (Director)
1997
- La Vie de Marianne ... (Director)
- Seventh Heaven ... (Director)
1995
- A Single Girl ... (Director)
1994
- Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée ... (Director)
- Écrire ... (Director)
1993
- Emma Zunz ... (Director)
- The Death of the Young English Aviator ... (Director)
- Marguerite Duras - Écrire ... (Director)
- Cuentos de Borges ... (Director)
1991
- dans la solitude des champs de coton ... (Director)
1990
- The Disenchanted ... (Director)
- Journey to the End of the Night ... (Director)
1989
- The Ministries of Art as Self
- L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell ... (Director)
1988
- The Beggars ... (Screenplay)
1987
- Buisson ardent ... (Scenario Writer)
- Elvire Jouvet 40 ... (Director)
1986
- With All Hands ... (Director)
1984
- Japon: Le Biwa ... (Director)
1982
- Short Memory as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
- Une villa aux environs de New York ... (Director)
1981
- The Wings of the Dove ... (Director)
- La bête dans la jungle ... (Director)
1979
- Return to the Beloved ... (Screenplay)
- Le Navire Night as (voice)
1977
- The Theatre of the Matters as L'ecrivain
- Closet Children ... (Director)
1976
- Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
- The Musician Killer ... (Director)
1975
- India Song as Voix de la Réception (voice)
1974
- Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 ... (Director)