Directing
Benoît Jacquot
FR, IT, EN cinema · 67 credits
Born
5 February 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Benoit Jacquot · 班諾賈克
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
Filmography
Belle
Screenplay, Director
By Heart
as Voice, Screenplay, Director
Suzanna Andler
Director, Screenplay
Casanova, Last Love
Director, Screenplay
Eva
Director, Screenplay
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Captain Welcoming Arysum
Never Ever
Director
Diary of a Chambermaid
Director, Writer
3 Hearts
Screenplay, Director
Chinese Puzzle
as Xavier's Dad
Joan
Actor
Looking for Hortense
as Kévadian
Farewell, My Queen
Writer, Director
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
as Self (archive footage)
Deep in the Woods
Director, Screenplay
The Counterfeiters
Writer, Director
Massenet: Werther
Director
Villa Amalia
Director, Writer
The Untouchable
Director, Writer
Gaspard le bandit
Director
À tout de suite
Director, Writer
Adolphe
Director, Story
Tosca
Director
Sade
Director
The False Servant
Director
Keep It Quiet
Director, Writer
The School of Flesh
Director
Par cœur
Director
Seventh Heaven
Director, Writer
La Vie de Marianne
Director, Writer
A Single Girl
Director, Writer
Écrire
Director
Emma Zunz
Director, Writer
dans la solitude des champs de coton
1991
dans la solitude des champs de coton
Director
The Disenchanted
Director, Writer
The Beggars
Screenplay, Director
Burning Bush
Scenario Writer
Elvire Jouvet 40
Director
Short Memory
as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
The Wings of the Dove
Director, Screenplay
Le Navire Night
as (voice)
Return to the Beloved
Screenplay
The Theatre of the Matters
as L'ecrivain
Les Enfants du placard
1977
Closet Children
Director, Writer
L'assassin musicien
1976
The Musician Killer
Director, Screenplay
India Song
as Voix de la Réception (voice), Assistant Director
Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2
Director, Writer
La Sœur du cadre
1973
La Sœur du cadre
as The brother