Benoît Jacquot
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 5 February 1947 · 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.
Known for
Writing 27
- 2025Belle · screenplay
- 2022By Heart · screenplay
- 2021Suzanna Andler · screenplay
- 2019Casanova, Last Love · screenplay
- 2018Eva · screenplay
- 2015Diary of a Chambermaid · writer
- 20143 Hearts · screenplay
- 2012Farewell, My Queen · writer
- 2010Deep in the Woods · screenplay
- 2010The Counterfeiters · writer
- 2009Villa Amalia · writer
- 2006The Untouchable · writer
- 2004À tout de suite · writer
- 2002Adolphe · story
- 1999Keep It Quiet · writer
- 1997Seventh Heaven · writer
- 1997La Vie de Marianne · writer
- 1995A Single Girl · writer
- 1993Emma Zunz · writer
- 1990The Disenchanted · writer
- 1988The Beggars · screenplay
- 1987Burning Bush · scenario writer
- 1981The Wings of the Dove · screenplay
- 1979Return to the Beloved · screenplay
- 1977Closet Children · writer
- 1976The Musician Killer · screenplay
- 1974Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 · writer
Directing 54
- 2025Belle · director
- 2022By Heart · director
- 2021Suzanna Andler · director
- 2019Casanova, Last Love · director
- 2018Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata · director
- 2018Eva · director
- 2016Never Ever · director
- 2016Massenet: Werther · director
- 2016Gentleman Rissient · director
- 2015La Traviata - Opéra de Paris · director
- 2015Diary of a Chambermaid · director
- 20143 Hearts · director
- 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded · director
- 2013Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Benoît Jacquot · director
- 2012Farewell, My Queen · director
- 2010Deep in the Woods · director
- 2010Massenet: Werther · director
- 2010The Counterfeiters · director
- 2009Villa Amalia · director
- 2006The Untouchable · director
- 2006Gaspard le bandit · director
- 2004À tout de suite · director
- 2004Princesse Marie · director
- 2002Adolphe · director
- 2001Tosca · director
- 2000Sade · director
- 2000The False Servant · director
- 1999Keep It Quiet · director
- 1998The School of Flesh · director
- 1998Par cœur · director
- 1997Seventh Heaven · director
- 1997La Vie de Marianne · director
- 1995A Single Girl · director
- 1994Écrire · director
- 1994Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée · director
- 1993Emma Zunz · director
- 1993The Death of the Young English Aviator · director
- 1993Marguerite Duras - Écrire · director
- 1991dans la solitude des champs de coton · director
- 1990The Disenchanted · director
- 1990Journey to the End of the Night · director
- 1989L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell · director
- 1988The Beggars · director
- 1987Elvire Jouvet 40 · director
- 1986With All Hands · director
- 1984Japon: Le Biwa · director
- 1982Une villa aux environs de New York · director
- 1982La Toilette des pensées · director
- 1981The Wings of the Dove · director
- 1981La bête dans la jungle · director
- 1977Closet Children · director
- 1976The Musician Killer · director
- 1975India Song · assistant director
- 1974Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 · director
Acting 16
- 2023Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self
- 2022By Heart as Voice
- 2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as Captain Welcoming Arysum
- 2013Chinese Puzzle as Xavier's Dad
- 2012Joan
- 2012Looking for Hortense as Kévadian
- 2011Rendez-vous chez Lacan as Self
- 2010Lubitsch, le patron as Self
- 2010Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self (archive footage)
- 1989The Ministries of Art as Self
- 1982Short Memory as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
- 1979Le Navire Night as (voice)
- 1977The Theatre of the Matters as L'ecrivain
- 1976Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
- 1975India Song as Voix de la Réception (voice)
- 1973La Sœur du cadre as The brother