Benoît Jacquot

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-02-05 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Benoît Jacquot

Biography

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 P...

Acting

2013

Chinese Puzzle

as Xavier's Dad

2022

By Heart

as Voice

1982

Short Memory

as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann

2017

1975

India Song

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

1979

Le Navire Night

as (voice)

2010

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

as Self (archive footage)

2012

2012

Production

1987

Buisson ardent

as Scenario Writer

2009

Villa Amalia

as Director

1981

1976

1986

With All Hands

as Director

1990

1990

The Disenchanted

as Director

2002

Adolphe

as Director

2010

Deep in the Woods

as Screenplay

2000

Sade

as Director

2010

1988

The Beggars

as Screenplay

2006

2006

The Untouchable

as Director

1999

Keep It Quiet

as Director

1998

2000

2004

À tout de suite

as Director

2001

Tosca

as Director

1995

A Single Girl

as Director

2006

1997

Seventh Heaven

as Director

1997

2010

2010

1998

Par cœur

as Director

2012

2012

1977

Closet Children

as Director

2016

Never Ever

as Director

2004

2022

By Heart

as Director

2022

By Heart

as Screenplay

2004

Princesse Marie

as Director

2014

3 Hearts

as Screenplay

2014

3 Hearts

as Director

1997

1979

2015

1995

A Single Girl

as Writer

2025

Belle

as Screenplay

1999

Keep It Quiet

as Writer

1994

Écrire

as Director

2018

Eva

as Director

1977

1984

Japon: Le Biwa

as Director

1976

2010

1975

India Song

as Assistant Director

1997

2019

2018

Eva

as Screenplay

2025

Belle

as Director

2009

Villa Amalia

as Writer

2019

Casanova, Last Love

as Screenplay

1981

2016

1988

The Beggars

as Director

1987

Elvire Jouvet 40

as Director

2016

2021

Suzanna Andler

as Director

2021

Suzanna Andler

as Screenplay

1993

Emma Zunz

as Director

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