Profile of Benoît Jacquot
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Benoît Jacquot

Born
1947-02-05
Birthplace
Paris,
France
Born
1947-02-05
Birthplace
Paris
France
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, inclu......

Profile of Benoît Jacquot

Benoît Jacquot

Born
1947-02-05
Birthplace
Paris
France
Born
1947-02-05
Birthplace
Paris
France
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.

69 titles with 97 credits

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Vivement dimanche poster

1998

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets poster

2017

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Chinese Puzzle poster

2013

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Farewell, My Queen poster

2012

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Diary of a Chambermaid poster

2015

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A Single Girl poster

1995

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Casanova, Last Love poster

2019

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Sade poster

2000

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3 Hearts poster

2014

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Eva poster

2018

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India Song poster

1975

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Looking for Hortense poster

2012

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Belle poster

2025

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Villa Amalia poster

2009

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The Counterfeiters poster

2010

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The School of Flesh poster

1998

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The Disenchanted poster

1990

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Deep in the Woods poster

2010

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Keep It Quiet poster

1999

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Le Navire Night poster

1979

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

2013

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Never Ever poster

2016

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The Wings of the Dove poster

1981

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À tout de suite poster

2004

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Suzanna Andler poster

2021

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Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert poster

1976

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The False Servant poster

2000

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Return to the Beloved poster

1979

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Seventh Heaven poster

1997

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Adolphe poster

2002

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By Heart poster

2022

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Tosca poster

2001

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The Untouchable poster

2006

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The Musician Killer poster

1976

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Short Memory poster

1982

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Burning Bush poster

1987

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La Vie de Marianne poster

1997

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The Theatre of the Matters poster

1977

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The Death of the Young English Aviator poster

1993

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Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera poster

2023

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With All Hands poster

1986

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Closet Children poster

1977

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Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là poster

2010

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Massenet: Werther poster

2010

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Écrire poster

1994

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The Ministries of Art poster

1989

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Rendez-vous chez Lacan poster

2011

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Gaspard le bandit poster

2006

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Elvire Jouvet 40 poster

1987

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Princesse Marie poster

2004

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The Beggars poster

1988

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Par cœur poster

1998

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Cuentos de Borges poster

1993

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Emma Zunz poster

1993

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La bête dans la jungle poster

1981

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Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée poster

1994

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Une villa aux environs de New York poster

1982

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Joan poster

2012

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Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 & 2 poster

1974

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La Sœur du cadre poster

1973

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Lubitsch, le patron poster

2010

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dans la solitude des champs de coton poster

1991

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Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata poster

2018

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Journey to the End of the Night poster

1990

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La Traviata - Opéra de Paris poster

2015

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L'Atelier de Robert Motherwell poster

1989

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Japon: Le Biwa poster

1984

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Massenet: Werther poster

2016

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Gentleman Rissient poster

2016

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