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Benoît Jacquot
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.
As director
Belle
By Heart
Suzanna Andler
Casanova, Last Love
Eva
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
Never Ever
Massenet: Werther
Gentleman Rissient
Diary of a Chambermaid
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
3 Hearts
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Farewell, My Queen
Deep in the Woods
The Counterfeiters
Massenet: Werther
Villa Amalia
The Untouchable
Gaspard le bandit
À tout de suite
Princesse Marie
Adolphe
Tosca
Sade
The False Servant
Keep It Quiet
The School of Flesh
Par cœur
Seventh Heaven
As actor
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
By Heart
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Chinese Puzzle
Joan
Looking for Hortense
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
Lubitsch, le patron
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
The Ministries of Art
Short Memory
Le Navire Night
The Theatre of the Matters
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
India Song
La Sœur du cadre