Benoît Jacquot

Known for DirectingBorn 1947-02-05 (age 79)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2

Par cœur

Cuentos de Borges

Une villa aux environs de New York

Massenet: Werther

Princesse Marie

Elvire Jouvet 40

Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée

Emma Zunz

La Vie de Marianne

La Sœur du cadre

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

The Musician Killer

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

The Ministries of Art

Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert

Tosca

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Rendez-vous chez Lacan

La bête dans la jungle

The Theatre of the Matters

Chinese Puzzle

The Death of the Young English Aviator

Le Navire Night

Écrire

The Beggars

Belle

By Heart

India Song

Return to the Beloved

The Untouchable

Farewell, My Queen

A Single Girl

Villa Amalia

Looking for Hortense

The False Servant

3 Hearts

Sade

Closet Children

Keep It Quiet

Adolphe

With All Hands

The School of Flesh

Deep in the Woods

Diary of a Chambermaid

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

À tout de suite

The Disenchanted