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
- Gentleman Rissient ... (Director)
- Never Ever ... (Director)
- Massenet: Werther ... (Director)
2015
- Diary of a Chambermaid ... (Director)
- La Traviata - Opéra de Paris ... (Director)
2014
- 3 Hearts ... (Screenplay)
2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Chinese Puzzle as Xavier's Dad
2012
- Farewell, My Queen ... (Writer)
- Joan
- Looking for Hortense as Kévadian
2011
- Rendez-vous chez Lacan as Self
2010
- Massenet: Werther ... (Director)
- Deep in the Woods ... (Director)
- Lubitsch, le patron as Self
- Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self (archive footage)
- The Counterfeiters ... (Writer)
2009
- Villa Amalia ... (Director)
2006
- The Untouchable ... (Director)
- Gaspard le bandit ... (Director)
2004
- Princess Marie ... (Director)
- À tout de suite ... (Director)
2002
- Adolphe ... (Director)
2001
- Tosca ... (Director)
2000
- Sade ... (Director)
- The False Servant ... (Director)
1999
- Keep It Quiet ... (Director)
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- The School of Flesh ... (Director)
- Par cœur ... (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
- Cuentos de Borges ... (Writer)
- Emma Zunz ... (Director)
- The Death of the Young English Aviator ... (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
- Elvire Jouvet 40 ... (Director)
- Burning Bush ... (Scenario Writer)
1986
- With All Hands ... (Director)
1984
- Japon: Le Biwa ... (Director)
1982
- Une villa aux environs de New York ... (Director)
- Short Memory as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
- La Toilette des pensées ... (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)
1978
- Ciné regards as Self
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)
1973
- La Sœur du cadre as The brother