FILM DIRECTOR

Benoît Jacquot

1947 - Today

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Benoît Jacquot (French: [bənwa ʒako]; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. In July 2024, Jacquot was charged with rape, including of a minor, and was barred from directing and having contact with minors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benoît Jacquot is the 707th most popular film director (down from 525th in 2019), the 3,629th most popular biography from France (down from 2,866th in 2019) and the 98th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Benoît Jacquot ranks 707 out of 2,041. Before him are Hans Hass, Stanislav Govorukhin, Johnnie To, George Seaton, Bruno Nuytten, and Bob Gale. After him are Andrew Niccol, Brad Bird, Karel Lamač, Nana Jorjadze, Alberto Cavalcanti, and Yoji Yamada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Benoît Jacquot ranks 368. Before him are Herbert Mullin, Jerry Nadler, Alan Lee, Svetlana Toma, Pete Maravich, and Omar Larrosa. After him are Fernando Savater, Rajko Grlić, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Leland Sklar, Octavia E. Butler, and René Harris.

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In France

Among people born in France, Benoît Jacquot ranks 3,629 out of 6,770. Before him are Tignous (1957), Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Brigitte Fontaine (1939), Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), Willy Sagnol (1977), and Gabriel François Doyen (1726). After him are Louis Charles Delescluze (1809), Henry Becque (1837), Michel Chevalier (1806), Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881), Antonin Magne (1904), and Victor Massé (1822).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Benoît Jacquot ranks 98. Before him are Michel Deville (1931), Michel Hazanavicius (1967), Claude Miller (1942), Georges Franju (1912), Claude Pinoteau (1925), and Bruno Nuytten (1945). After him are Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927), André Roosevelt (1879), Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932), and Gérard Pirès (1942).

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