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.
51 directing credits · 17 acting credits
Directing · 51
Sade
2000
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Cuentos de Borges
1993
Farewell, My Queen
2012
Eva
2018
Diary of a Chambermaid
2015
Casanova, Last Love
2019
The School of Flesh
1998
Belle
2025
A Single Girl
1995
3 Hearts
2014
Suzanna Andler
2021
À tout de suite
2004
Keep It Quiet
1999
The Beggars
1988
The Disenchanted
1990
Deep in the Woods
2010
Adolphe
2002
Never Ever
2016
Tosca
2001
Villa Amalia
2009
Seventh Heaven
1997
Closet Children
1977
Princesse Marie
2004
The Wings of the Dove
1981
The Untouchable
2006
Une villa aux environs de New York
1982
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
2018
Emma Zunz
1993
The Counterfeiters
2010
The False Servant
2000
Massenet: Werther
2010
Elvire Jouvet 40
1987
Gaspard le bandit
2006
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
1994
Journey to the End of the Night
1990
Par cœur
1998
Massenet: Werther
2016
By Heart
2022
La bête dans la jungle
1981
Écrire
1994
With All Hands
1986
Gentleman Rissient
2016
La Vie de Marianne
1997
Japon: Le Biwa
1984
The Musician Killer
1976
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
1974
dans la solitude des champs de coton
1991
The Death of the Young English Aviator
1993
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
2015
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
1989
Acting · 17
Vivement dimanche
1998
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
Chinese Puzzle
2013
Looking for Hortense
2012
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010
India Song
1975
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976
Short Memory
1982
The Theatre of the Matters
1977
Le Navire Night
1979
The Ministries of Art
1989
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
2011
By Heart
2022
Lubitsch, le patron
2010
Joan
2012
La Sœur du cadre
1973