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Benoît Jacquot
Paris, France
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 Margueri…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Belle
Movie Screenplay
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2023
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
Movie Self
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2022
By Heart
Movie Voice
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2021
Suzanna Andler
Movie Director
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2019
Casanova, Last Love
Movie Director
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2018
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
Movie Director
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2018
Eva
Movie Director
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2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Movie Captain Welcoming Arysum
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2016
Never Ever
Movie Director
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2016
Massenet: Werther
Movie Director
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2016
Gentleman Rissient
Movie Director
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2015
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
Movie Director
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2015
Diary of a Chambermaid
Movie Director
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2014
3 Hearts
Movie Director
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2013
Chinese Puzzle
Movie Xavier's Dad
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie Director
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2012
Joan
Movie
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2012
Looking for Hortense
Movie Kévadian
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2012
Farewell, My Queen
Movie Writer
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2011
Rendez-vous chez Lacan
Movie Self
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2010
Deep in the Woods
Movie Director
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2010
Lubitsch, le patron
Movie Self
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2010
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Massenet: Werther
Movie Director
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2010
The Counterfeiters
Movie Director
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2009
Villa Amalia
Movie Director
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2006
The Untouchable
Movie Director
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2006
Gaspard le bandit
Movie Director
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2004
À tout de suite
Movie Director
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2004
Princess Marie
TV show Director
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2002
Adolphe
Movie Director
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2001
Tosca
Movie Director
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2000
Sade
Movie Director
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2000
The False Servant
Movie Director
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1999
Keep It Quiet
Movie Director
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1998
The School of Flesh
Movie Director
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1998
Par cœur
Movie Director
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1997
Seventh Heaven
Movie Director
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1997
La Vie de Marianne
Movie Director
