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.
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Chinese Puzzle
(Xavier's Dad)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
(Self)
By Heart
(Voice)
Lubitsch, le patron
(Self)
Short Memory
(Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann)
The Ministries of Art
(Self)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
(Captain Welcoming Arysum)
India Song
(Voix de la Réception (voice))
Le Navire Night
((voice))
The Theatre of the Matters
(L'ecrivain)
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
(Self)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
(Self (archive footage))
Joan
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
Buisson ardent
(Scenario Writer)
Marguerite Duras - Écrire
(Director)
Villa Amalia
(Director)
The Wings of the Dove
(Director)
The Musician Killer
(Director)
With All Hands
(Director)
The Disenchanted
(Writer)
The Disenchanted
(Director)
Adolphe
(Director)
Deep in the Woods
(Screenplay)
Sade
(Director)
Deep in the Woods
(Director)
La bête dans la jungle
(Director)
The Beggars
(Screenplay)
The Untouchable
(Writer)
The Untouchable
(Director)
Keep It Quiet
(Director)
The School of Flesh
(Director)
The False Servant
(Director)
À tout de suite
(Director)
Tosca
(Director)
A Single Girl
(Director)
Gaspard le bandit
(Director)
Seventh Heaven
(Director)
Seventh Heaven
(Writer)
The Counterfeiters
(Director)
The Counterfeiters
(Writer)
Par cœur
(Director)
Farewell, My Queen
(Director)
Farewell, My Queen
(Writer)
Closet Children
(Director)
Never Ever
(Director)
À tout de suite
(Writer)
By Heart
(Director)
By Heart
(Screenplay)
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
(Director)
Princesse Marie
(Director)
3 Hearts
(Screenplay)
3 Hearts
(Director)
La Vie de Marianne
(Director)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
(Director)
Return to the Beloved
(Screenplay)
Diary of a Chambermaid
(Director)
A Single Girl
(Writer)
Belle
(Screenplay)
Diary of a Chambermaid
(Writer)
Keep It Quiet
(Writer)
Une villa aux environs de New York
(Director)
Écrire
(Director)
The Death of the Young English Aviator
(Director)
Eva
(Director)
Closet Children
(Writer)
Japon: Le Biwa
(Director)
The Musician Killer
(Writer)
Massenet: Werther
(Director)
India Song
(Assistant Director)
La Vie de Marianne
(Writer)
Casanova, Last Love
(Director)
Eva
(Screenplay)
Belle
(Director)
Villa Amalia
(Writer)
Casanova, Last Love
(Screenplay)
The Wings of the Dove
(Screenplay)
Journey to the End of the Night
(Director)
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
(Writer)
Massenet: Werther
(Director)
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
(Director)
The Beggars
(Director)
Elvire Jouvet 40
(Director)
Gentleman Rissient
(Director)
Suzanna Andler
(Director)
Suzanna Andler
(Screenplay)
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
(Director)
Emma Zunz
(Director)
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
(Director)
dans la solitude des champs de coton
(Director)
Cuentos de Borges
(Director)
Cuentos de Borges
(Writer)