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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benoît Jacquot has received more than 225,986 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Benoît Jacquot is the 525th most popular film director (up from 790th in 2019), the 2,866th most popular biography from France (up from 3,619th in 2019) and the 78th most popular French Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Benoît Jacquot ranks 525 out of 2,041. Before him are Luis García Berlanga, Claude Autant-Lara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Peter Yates, Seijun Suzuki, and Tom Tykwer. After him are Ulrich Seidl, Mikhail Romm, Gorō Miyazaki, Ken Annakin, Jennifer Lee, and Osamu Dezaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Benoît Jacquot ranks 236. Before him are Emmylou Harris, Alan Guth, Harry Redknapp, Co Adriaanse, Andréa Ferréol, and Michel Berger. After him are Petra Kelly, Bogdan Tanjević, Riccardo Fogli, Hristo Bonev, Graham Bonnet, and Geoffrey Hinton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Benoît Jacquot ranks 2,866 out of 6,770. Before him are Adolf Wagner (1890), François-Jean de la Barre (1745), Antoine Pesne (1683), William Waddington (1826), Michel Berger (1947), and Pierre Arditi (1944). After him are Drogo of Hauteville (1010), Antoine Brumel (1460), Gilbert Simondon (1924), Pierre Rode (1774), Guillaume de Sonnac (1200), and Jean-Louis Forain (1852).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Benoît Jacquot ranks 78. Before him are André Hunebelle (1896), Louis Delluc (1890), Pierre Woodman (1963), Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944), Marcel Camus (1912), and Claude Autant-Lara (1901). After him are Ferdinand Zecca (1864), Alain Corneau (1943), Olivier Assayas (1955), Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Georges Lautner (1926), and Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932).

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