Benoît Jacquot
Birthday
1947/02/05 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Benoit Jacquot, Benuā Žako
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...Read more
Acting
(1976) Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
as ---
(2013) Chinese Puzzle
as Xavier's Dad
(2023) Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
as Self
(2022) By Heart
as Voice
(2010) Lubitsch, le patron
as Self
(1982) Short Memory
as Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann
(1989) The Ministries of Art
as Self
(2017) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Captain Welcoming Arysum
(1975) India Song
as Voix de la Réception (voice)
(1979) Le Navire Night
as (voice)
(1977) The Theatre of the Matters
as L'ecrivain
(2011) Rendez-vous chez Lacan
as Self
(2010) Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) Joan
as ---
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self