Benoît Jacquot
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Benoît Jacquot is a French
film director
who has had a varied career in European cinema.
Born in Paris
, he 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 L'Assassin musicien
(The Musician Killer) which starred Anna Karina
.
Over his career he has directed nearly thirty films, the most notable of which to American audiences are La Désenchantée (1990) starring Judith Godrèche and La Fille seule
(1995) starring Virginie Ledoyen
.
In 2003, he directed Massenet
's opera Werther
conducted by Antonio Pappano
at Royal Opera House
, Covent Garden
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
who has had a varied career in European cinema.
Born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, he began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
films including Nathalie Granger
Nathalie Granger
Nathalie Granger is a 1972 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras.-Cast:* Lucia Bosé - Isabelle * Jeanne Moreau - Other Woman* Gérard Depardieu - Salesman* Luce Garcia-Ville - Teacher* Valerie Mascolo - Nathalie Granger...
, India Song
India Song
India Song is a 1975 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras. India Song stars Delphine Seyrig, Michel Lonsdale, Mathieu Carriere, Claude Mann, Vernon Dobtcheff and Didier Flamand. The film centres on Anne-Marie , the promiscuous wife of the French Vice-Consul in India, and was based on an...
and also actor in the 1973 short film La Sœur du cadre.
He turned to writing and directing with the 1975 film L'Assassin musicien
The Musician Killer
The Musician Killer is a 1976 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Anna Karina.-Cast:* Anna Karina - Louise* Joël Bion - Gilles* Hélène Coulomb - Anne* Gunars Larsens - Storm* Philippe March - Le directeur...
(The Musician Killer) which starred Anna Karina
Anna Karina
Anna Karina is a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who has spent most of her working life in France. Karina is known as a muse of the director, Jean-Luc Godard, one of the pioneers of the French New Wave...
.
Over his career he has directed nearly thirty films, the most notable of which to American audiences are La Désenchantée (1990) starring Judith Godrèche and La Fille seule
La Fille seule
Benoît Jacquot's A Single Girl follows a day in the life of a young Parisian woman named Valérie who begins a new job at a four star hotel the same day she reveals to her boyfriend that she is pregnant...
(1995) starring Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Fernandez , known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen, is a French actress.-Life and career:She was born in Aubervilliers, Paris, the daughter of Olga, a restaurateur, and Bernard Fernandez, a merchant who sold cleaning products. Her paternal grandfather was Spanish...
.
In 2003, he directed Massenet
Jules Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era. Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and many of his operas...
's opera Werther
Werther
Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe....
conducted by Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a...
at Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
, Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
.
Filmography
- L'Assassin musicienThe Musician KillerThe Musician Killer is a 1976 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Anna Karina.-Cast:* Anna Karina - Louise* Joël Bion - Gilles* Hélène Coulomb - Anne* Gunars Larsens - Storm* Philippe March - Le directeur...
(1975) - Les Enfants du placard (1977)
- The Wings of the DoveThe Wings of the Dove (1981 film)The Wings of the Dove is a 1981 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert as Marie* Dominique Sanda as Catherine Croy* Michele Placido as Sandro* Loleh Bellon as Suzanne Berger...
(1981) - Une villa aux environs de New York (1982)
- Corps et biens (1986)
- Les Mendiants (1987)
- La Désenchantée (1990)
- A Single GirlLa Fille seuleBenoît Jacquot's A Single Girl follows a day in the life of a young Parisian woman named Valérie who begins a new job at a four star hotel the same day she reveals to her boyfriend that she is pregnant...
(1995) - Le Septième ciel (1997)
- L'École de la chairThe School of FleshThe School of Flesh is a 1998 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot. It was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Dominique* Vincent Martinez - Quentin* Vincent Lindon - Chris* Marthe Keller - Madame Thorpe...
(1998) - Par cœur (1998)
- Pas de scandaleNo ScandalNo Scandal is a 1999 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Fabrice Luchini - Grégoire Jeancourt* Isabelle Huppert - Agnès Jeancourt* Vincent Lindon - Louis Jeancourt* Vahina Giocante - Stéphanie...
(1999) - Sade (1999)
- La Fausse suivanteFalse ServantFalse Servant is a 2000 French comedy film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - La comtesse* Sandrine Kiberlain - Le chevalier* Pierre Arditi - Trivelin* Mathieu Amalric - Lélio...
(2000) - Tosca (2001)
- AdolpheAdolphe (film)Adolphe is a 2002 film based on the novel Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. The film was directed by Benoît Jacquot and starred Isabelle Adjani as Ellénore and Stanislas Merhar as Adolphe.- Cast :* Isabelle Adjani - Ellénore* Stanislas Merhar - Adolphe...
(2002) - Marie Bonaparte (2003, television miniseries)
- À tout de suite (2004)
- Gaspard le bandit (2006, television)
- L'Intouchable (2006)
- Villa AmaliaVilla Amalia (film)Villa Amalia is a 2009 French drama film adapted from the novel by Pascal Quignard. Directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Isabelle Huppert.- Plot :...
(2009) - Au Fond des Bois (2010)
- Les faux-monnayeursThe Counterfeiters (novel)The Counterfeiters is a 1925 novel by French author André Gide, first published in Nouvelle Revue Française...
(2010)