Benoît Jacquot
Directing
1947-02-05 · 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 · Movie
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023 · Movie
By Heart
2022 · Movie
Suzanna Andler
2021 · Movie
Casanova, Last Love
2019 · Movie
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
2018 · Movie
Eva
2018 · Movie
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017 · Movie
Never Ever
2016 · Movie
Massenet: Werther
2016 · Movie
Gentleman Rissient
2016 · Movie
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
2015 · Movie
Diary of a Chambermaid
2015 · Movie
3 Hearts
2014 · Movie
Chinese Puzzle
2013 · Movie
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Movie
Joan
2012 · Movie
Looking for Hortense
2012 · Movie
Farewell, My Queen
2012 · Movie
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
2011 · Movie
Deep in the Woods
2010 · Movie
Lubitsch, le patron
2010 · Movie
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010 · Movie
Massenet: Werther
2010 · Movie
The Counterfeiters
2010 · Movie
Villa Amalia
2009 · Movie
The Untouchable
2006 · Movie
Gaspard le bandit
2006 · Movie
À tout de suite
2004 · Movie
Princess Marie
2004 · Series
Adolphe
2002 · Movie
Tosca
2001 · Movie
Sade
2000 · Movie
The False Servant
2000 · Movie
Keep It Quiet
1999 · Movie
The School of Flesh
1998 · Movie
Par cœur
1998 · Movie
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Series
Seventh Heaven
1997 · Movie
La Vie de Marianne
1997 · Movie
A Single Girl
1995 · Movie
Écrire
1994 · Movie
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
1994 · Movie
Emma Zunz
1993 · Movie
Cuentos de Borges
1993 · Series
The Death of the Young English Aviator
1993 · Movie
dans la solitude des champs de coton
1991 · Movie
The Disenchanted
1990 · Movie
Journey to the End of the Night
1990 · Movie
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
1989 · Movie
The Ministries of Art
1989 · Movie
The Beggars
1988 · Movie
Elvire Jouvet 40
1987 · Movie
Burning Bush
1987 · Movie
With All Hands
1986 · Movie
Japon: Le Biwa
1984 · Movie
Une villa aux environs de New York
1982 · Movie
Short Memory
1982 · Movie
La Toilette des pensées
1982 · Movie
The Wings of the Dove
1981 · Movie
La bête dans la jungle
1981 · Movie
Return to the Beloved
1979 · Movie
Le Navire Night
1979 · Movie
Ciné regards
1978 · Series
The Theatre of the Matters
1977 · Movie
Closet Children
1977 · Movie
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976 · Movie
The Musician Killer
1976 · Movie
India Song
1975 · Movie
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
1974 · Movie
La Sœur du cadre
1973 · Movie