- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
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 Ju…
Filmography
movieBelle
2025 · Screenplay, Director
movieCatherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023 · Self
movieBy Heart
2022 · Voice, Screenplay, Director
movieSuzanna Andler
2021 · Director, Screenplay
movieCasanova, Last Love
2019 · Director, Screenplay
movieOpéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
2018 · Director
movieEva
2018 · Director, Screenplay
movieValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017 · Captain Welcoming Arysum
movieNever Ever
2016 · Director
movieMassenet: Werther
2016 · Director
movieGentleman Rissient
2016 · Director
movieLa Traviata - Opéra de Paris
2015 · Director
movieDiary of a Chambermaid
2015 · Director, Writer
movie3 Hearts
2014 · Screenplay, Director
movieChinese Puzzle
2013 · Xavier's Dad
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director
movieJoan
2012
movieLooking for Hortense
2012 · Kévadian
movieFarewell, My Queen
2012 · Writer, Director
movieRendez-vous chez Lacan
2011 · Self
movieDeep in the Woods
2010 · Director, Screenplay
movieLubitsch, le patron
2010 · Self
movieCatherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieMassenet: Werther
2010 · Director
movieThe Counterfeiters
2010 · Writer, Director
movieVilla Amalia
2009 · Director, Writer
movieThe Untouchable
2006 · Director, Writer
movieGaspard le bandit
2006 · Director
movieÀ tout de suite
2004 · Director, Writer
moviePrincesse Marie
2004 · Director
tvPrincess Marie
2004 · Director
movieAdolphe
2002 · Director, Story
movieTosca
2001 · Director
movieSade
2000 · Director
movieThe False Servant
2000 · Director
movieKeep It Quiet
1999 · Director, Writer
movieThe School of Flesh
1998 · Director
moviePar cœur
1998 · Director
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
movieSeventh Heaven
1997 · Director, Writer
movieLa Vie de Marianne
1997 · Director, Writer
movieA Single Girl
1995 · Director, Writer
movieÉcrire
1994 · Director
movieIl faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
1994 · Director
movieEmma Zunz
1993 · Director, Writer
tvCuentos de Borges
1993 · Writer, Director
movieThe Death of the Young English Aviator
1993 · Director
dans la solitude des champs de coton
moviedans la solitude des champs de coton
1991 · Director
movieThe Disenchanted
1990 · Director, Writer
movieJourney to the End of the Night
1990 · Director
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
movieL'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
1989 · Director
movieThe Ministries of Art
1989 · Self
movieThe Beggars
1988 · Screenplay, Director
movieElvire Jouvet 40
1987 · Director
movieBurning Bush
1987 · Scenario Writer
With All Hands
movieWith All Hands
1986 · Director
Japon: Le Biwa
movieJapon: Le Biwa
1984 · Director
movieUne villa aux environs de New York
1982 · Director
movieShort Memory
1982 · Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
movieLa Toilette des pensées
1982 · Director
movieThe Wings of the Dove
1981 · Director, Screenplay
movieLa bête dans la jungle
1981 · Director
movieReturn to the Beloved
1979 · Screenplay
movieLe Navire Night
1979 · (voice)
movieThe Theatre of the Matters
1977 · L'ecrivain
Closet Children
movieCloset Children
1977 · Director, Writer
movieSon nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976
The Musician Killer
movieThe Musician Killer
1976 · Director, Screenplay
movieIndia Song
1975 · Voix de la Réception (voice), Assistant Director
movieJacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
1974 · Director, Writer
La Sœur du cadre
movieLa Sœur du cadre
1973 · The brother