Benoît Jacquot
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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.
Filmography
Belle 2025
Screenplay, Director
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera 2023
as Self
By Heart 2022
as 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
as 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
as Xavier's Dad
Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Director
Joan 2012
Actor
Looking for Hortense 2012
as Kévadian
Farewell, My Queen 2012
Writer, Director
Rendez-vous chez Lacan 2011
as Self
Deep in the Woods 2010
Director, Screenplay
Lubitsch, le patron 2010
as Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là 2010
as 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
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
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell 1989
Director
The Ministries of Art 1989
as Self
The Beggars 1988
Screenplay, Director
Elvire Jouvet 40 1987
Director
Burning Bush 1987
Scenario Writer
- With All Hands
With All Hands 1986
Director
- Japon: Le Biwa
Japon: Le Biwa 1984
Director
Une villa aux environs de New York 1982
Director
Short Memory 1982
as 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
as (voice)
The Theatre of the Matters 1977
as L'ecrivain
- Closet Children
Closet Children 1977
Director, Writer
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert 1976
Actor
- The Musician Killer
The Musician Killer 1976
Director, Screenplay
India Song 1975
as Voix de la Réception (voice), Assistant Director
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 1974
Director, Writer
- La Sœur du cadre
La Sœur du cadre 1973
as The brother
Credits from TMDB.