Benoît Jacquot
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.
Fotos
Películas (67)
Belle
2025 · Screenplay, Director
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023 · Self
By Heart
2022 · Voice, Screenplay, Director
Suzanna Andler
2021 · Director, Screenplay
Casanova, Last Love
2019 · Director, Screenplay
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
2018 · Director
Eva
2018 · Director, Screenplay
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017 · Captain Welcoming Arysum
Never Ever
2016 · Director
Massenet: Werther
2016 · Director
Gentleman Rissient
2016 · Director
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
2015 · Director
Diary of a Chambermaid
2015 · Director, Writer
3 Hearts
2014 · Screenplay, Director
Chinese Puzzle
2013 · Xavier's Dad
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director
Joan
2012
Looking for Hortense
2012 · Kévadian
Farewell, My Queen
2012 · Writer, Director
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
2011 · Self
Deep in the Woods
2010 · Director, Screenplay
Lubitsch, le patron
2010 · Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Massenet: Werther
2010 · Director
The Counterfeiters
2010 · Writer, Director
Villa Amalia
2009 · Director, Writer
The Untouchable
2006 · Director, Writer
Gaspard le bandit
2006 · Director
À tout de suite
2004 · Director, Writer
Adolphe
2002 · Director, Story
Tosca
2001 · Director
Sade
2000 · Director
The False Servant
2000 · Director
Keep It Quiet
1999 · Director, Writer
The School of Flesh
1998 · Director
Par cœur
1998 · Director
Seventh Heaven
1997 · Director, Writer
La Vie de Marianne
1997 · Director, Writer
A Single Girl
1995 · Director, Writer
Écrire
1994 · Director
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
1994 · Director
Emma Zunz
1993 · Director, Writer
The Death of the Young English Aviator
1993 · Director
dans la solitude des champs de coton
1991 · Director
The Disenchanted
1990 · Director, Writer
Journey to the End of the Night
1990 · Director
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
1989 · Director
The Ministries of Art
1989 · Self
The Beggars
1988 · Screenplay, Director
Elvire Jouvet 40
1987 · Director
Burning Bush
1987 · Scenario Writer
With All Hands
1986 · Director
Japon: Le Biwa
1984 · Director
Une villa aux environs de New York
1982 · Director
Short Memory
1982 · Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
La Toilette des pensées
1982 · Director
The Wings of the Dove
1981 · Director, Screenplay
La bête dans la jungle
1981 · Director
Return to the Beloved
1979 · Screenplay
Le Navire Night
1979 · (voice)
The Theatre of the Matters
1977 · L'ecrivain
Closet Children
1977 · Director, Writer
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976
The Musician Killer
1976 · Director, Screenplay
India Song
1975 · Voix de la Réception (voice), Assistant Director
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
1974 · Director, Writer
La Sœur du cadre
1973 · The brother
