Jacquot, Benoît

(February 5, l947, Paris, France-)

   He was only eighteen when he landed a job as a trainee assistant director to Bernard Borderie (l965 Angélique et le Roy / Angelica alla corta del re / Angélique und der Kônig / USA: Angelique and the King, France / Italy / West Germany). His meeting with Marguerite Duras was an important step in his career as an assistant (1972 Nath­alie Granger, Marguerite Duras; l975 India Song, also voice, Marguerite Duras). After directing his first film in l974, he appeared in several movies (l973 La Sœur du Cadre, short, Jean-Claude Biette; 1977 Le Théâtre des Matières, Jean-Claude Biette; l979 Le Navire Night, voice only, Marguerite Duras; l982 La Mémoire courte, Eduardo de Gregorio, shot in l978; l988 Les Ministères de l'Art, medium-length, Philippe Garrel; 2006 Vocation Cinéaste, documentary, as himself, Laurent Perrin) and co-wrote Retour à la Bien-Aimée (Jean-François Adam, 1979) and Buisson ardent (Laurent Perrin, 1987).

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Assassin musicien / USA: The Musician Killer (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in l974)

        ◘ Les Enfants du Placard (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1981 ◘ Les Ailes de la Colombe

1986 ◘ Corps et Biens / USA: With All Hands (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1988 ◘ Les Mendiants (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1990 ◘ La Désenchantée / UK and USA: The Disen­chanted (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1993 ◘ La Mort du jeune Aviateur anglais (documentary; short)

        ◘ Ecrire (documentary; short)

        ◘ 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment "Mère positive")

        ◘ La Fille seule / UK and USA: A Single Girl (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Le Septième Ciel / USA: Seventh Heaven (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Par Cœur

        ◘ L'Ecole de la Chair / USA: The School of Flesh (France / Luxembourg / Belgium)

1999 ◘ Pas de Scandale / USA: Keep It Quiet (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2000 ◘ La Fausse suivante (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in l988)

        ◘ Sade

2001 ◘ Tosca (also screenwriter, adapter)

2002 ◘ Adolphe (also co-screenwriter)

2004 ◘ A tout de suite (also co-screenwriter)

2006 ◘ L'Intouchable (also screenwriter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1974 ◘ Jacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 1 (documentary)

        ◘ Lacques Lacan: La Psychanalyse 2 (documentary)

1983 ◘ Une Villa aux environs de New York

1988 ◘ Elvire-Jouvet 40

        ◘ La Bête dans la Jungle l992 Emma Sunz (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1994 ◘ La Vie de Marianne (TV miniseries)

2004 ◘ Princesse Marie (2 X 95')

2006 ◘ Gaspard le Bandit