Benoît Jacquot
Date of birth: 1947-02-05
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Benoit Jacquot, Benuā Žako, 班諾賈克
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 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.
Movie Credits
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976-06-02
The full soundtrack to Marguerite Duras' 1975 film India Song, about a French ambassador's wife in 1
Chinese Puzzle
2013-12-04
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023-10-22
She worked with the world’s greatest actors and directors: Buñuel, Mastroianni, Lellouche, Depardieu
By Heart
2022-12-28
It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry
Lubitsch, le patron
2010-09-05
A documentary about the life and career of film director Ernst Lubitsch
Short Memory
1982-03-03
In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis a
The Ministries of Art
1989-02-11
Philippe Garrel’s documentary on France’s second wave of masterful filmmakers. Featuring Jean Eustac
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017-07-19
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throug
India Song
1975-06-04
Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in 1930s India, takes many lovers to relieve the
Le Navire Night
1979-03-21
Le Navire Night is a story of love and desire sustained and nourished through sound waves. The film’
The Theatre of the Matters
1977-12-07
The fortunes of a small theatrical company based in the Paris suburbs.
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
2011-09-05
Do you know Lacan, which many consider as the greatest psychoanalyst since Freud? Beyond the myth, t
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010-04-11
Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and
Joan
2012-11-17
Jeanne is interned in a psychiatric hospital. She claims to be Joan of Arc.
Looking for Hortense
2012-09-05
Damien is a professor of Chinese civilization who lives with his wife, Iva, a theater director, and