Person
Benoît Jacquot
Directing · Born 1947-02-05 · 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.
Known for
Vivement dimanche
Self
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Captain Welcoming Arysum
Belle
Screenplay
Sade
Director
Chinese Puzzle
Xavier's Dad
Cuentos de Borges
Director
3 Hearts
Screenplay
Princess Marie
Director
The Disenchanted
Director
The School of Flesh
Director
Filmography
- 2025BelleScreenplay
- 2023Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the cameraSelf
- 2022By HeartVoice
- 2021Suzanna AndlerDirector
- 2019Casanova, Last LoveDirector
- 2018Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La TraviataDirector
- 2018EvaDirector
- 2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsCaptain Welcoming Arysum
- 2016Never EverDirector
- 2016Massenet: WertherDirector
- 2016Gentleman RissientDirector
- 2015La Traviata - Opéra de ParisDirector
- 2015Diary of a ChambermaidDirector
- 20143 HeartsScreenplay
- 2013Chinese PuzzleXavier's Dad
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
- 2012Joan
- 2012Looking for HortenseKévadian
- 2012Farewell, My QueenWriter
- 2011Rendez-vous chez LacanSelf
- 2010Deep in the WoodsDirector
- 2010Lubitsch, le patronSelf
- 2010Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien làSelf (archive footage)
- 2010Massenet: WertherDirector
- 2010The CounterfeitersWriter
- 2009Villa AmaliaDirector
- 2006The UntouchableDirector
- 2006Gaspard le banditDirector
- 2004À tout de suiteDirector
- 2004Princesse MarieDirector
- 2004Princess MarieDirector
- 2002AdolpheDirector
- 2001ToscaDirector
- 2000SadeDirector
- 2000The False ServantDirector
- 1999Keep It QuietDirector
- 1998The School of FleshDirector
- 1998Par cœurDirector
- 1998Vivement dimancheSelf
- 1997Seventh HeavenDirector
- 1997La Vie de MarianneDirector
- 1995A Single GirlDirector
- 1994ÉcrireDirector
- 1994Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou ferméeDirector
- 1993Emma ZunzDirector
- 1993Cuentos de BorgesDirector
- 1993The Death of the Young English AviatorDirector
- 1991dans la solitude des champs de cotonDirector
- 1990The DisenchantedDirector
- 1990Journey to the End of the NightDirector
- 1989L'Atelier de Robert MotherwellDirector
- 1989The Ministries of ArtSelf
- 1988The BeggarsScreenplay
- 1987Elvire Jouvet 40Director
- 1987Burning BushScenario Writer
- 1986With All HandsDirector
- 1984Japon: Le BiwaDirector
- 1982Une villa aux environs de New YorkDirector
- 1982Short MemoryLe secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
- 1982La Toilette des penséesDirector
- 1981The Wings of the DoveDirector
- 1981La bête dans la jungleDirector
- 1979Return to the BelovedScreenplay
- 1979Le Navire Night(voice)
- 1977The Theatre of the MattersL'ecrivain
- 1977Closet ChildrenDirector
- 1976Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
- 1976The Musician KillerDirector
- 1975India SongVoix de la Réception (voice)
- 1974Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2Director
- 1973La Sœur du cadreThe brother
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