Benoît Jacquot
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 5, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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.
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Filmography
Belle
Movie · Director
By Heart
Movie · Director
Suzanna Andler
Movie · Director
Casanova, Last Love
Movie · Director
Eva
Movie · Director
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
Movie · Director
Never Ever
Movie · Director
Massenet: Werther
Movie · Director
Gentleman Rissient
Movie · Director
Diary of a Chambermaid
Movie · Director
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
Movie · Director
3 Hearts
Movie · Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie · Director
Farewell, My Queen
Movie · Director
Deep in the Woods
Movie · Director
The Counterfeiters
Movie · Director
Massenet: Werther
Movie · Director
Villa Amalia
Movie · Director
The Untouchable
Movie · Director
Gaspard le bandit
Movie · Director
À tout de suite
Movie · Director
Princess Marie
TV · Director · 2 eps
Adolphe
Movie · Director
Tosca
Movie · Director
Sade
Movie · Director
The False Servant
Movie · Director
Keep It Quiet
Movie · Director
The School of Flesh
Movie · Director
Par cœur
Movie · Director
Seventh Heaven
Movie · Director
La Vie de Marianne
Movie · Director
A Single Girl
Movie · Director
Écrire
Movie · Director
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
Movie · Director
The Death of the Young English Aviator
Movie · Director
Emma Zunz
Movie · Director
Cuentos de Borges
TV · Director · 1 ep
dans la solitude des champs de coton
Movie · Director
The Disenchanted
Movie · Director
Journey to the End of the Night
Movie · Director
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
Movie · Director
The Beggars
Movie · Director
Elvire Jouvet 40
Movie · Director
With All Hands
Movie · Director
Japon: Le Biwa
Movie · Director
Une villa aux environs de New York
Movie · Director
La Toilette des pensées
Movie · Director
The Wings of the Dove
Movie · Director
La bête dans la jungle
Movie · Director
Closet Children
Movie · Director
The Musician Killer
Movie · Director
India Song
Movie · Assistant Director
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
Movie · Director