Benoît Jacquot
Directing
Born February 5, 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.
Directed (50)
Belle
2025
By Heart
2022
Suzanna Andler
2021
Casanova, Last Love
2019
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
2018
Eva
2018
Never Ever
2016
Massenet: Werther
2016
Gentleman Rissient
2016
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
2015
Diary of a Chambermaid
2015
3 Hearts
2014
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Farewell, My Queen
2012
Deep in the Woods
2010
Massenet: Werther
2010
The Counterfeiters
2010
Villa Amalia
2009
The Untouchable
2006
Gaspard le bandit
2006
À tout de suite
2004
Princesse Marie
2004
Adolphe
2002
Tosca
2001
Sade
2000
The False Servant
2000
Keep It Quiet
1999
The School of Flesh
1998
Par cœur
1998
Seventh Heaven
1997
La Vie de Marianne
1997
A Single Girl
1995
Écrire
1994
Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée
1994
Emma Zunz
1993
The Death of the Young English Aviator
1993
dans la solitude des champs de coton
1991
The Disenchanted
1990
Journey to the End of the Night
1990
L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell
1989
The Beggars
1988
Elvire Jouvet 40
1987
With All Hands
1986
Japon: Le Biwa
1984
Une villa aux environs de New York
1982
The Wings of the Dove
1981
La bête dans la jungle
1981
Closet Children
1977
The Musician Killer
1976
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
1974
Acting (16)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023
By Heart
2022
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
Chinese Puzzle
2013
Joan
2012
Looking for Hortense
2012
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
2011
Lubitsch, le patron
2010
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010
The Ministries of Art
1989
Short Memory
1982
Le Navire Night
1979
The Theatre of the Matters
1977
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976
India Song
1975
La Sœur du cadre
1973