Samuel Benchetrit (born 26 June 1973) is a French writer, actor, screenwriter, and director.
Biography
Benchetrit was born to a family of
Romani,
Sephardic
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and
Ashkenazi
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Jewish ancestry.
At age fifteen, he left school to focus on photography.
Born in
Champigny-sur-Marne
Champigny-sur-Marne (, literally ''Champigny on Marne'') is a major city in the region of Île-de-France, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Name
Champigny-sur-Marne was originally called simply Champigny. The name Champigny ultim ...
, Benchetrit was married to French actress
Marie Trintignant from 1998 until her murder by her lover
Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat (, ; born 5 March 1964) is a French singer, songwriter, and murderer. Known for being the former frontman of the rock band Noir Désir, in 2003, he was proven guilty without a doubt and convicted of the murder ("murde ...
in 2003. On 17 April 1998 the couple had a child, .
From 2005 to 2012 Benchetrit was in a relationship with French actress
Anna Mouglalis; they have a daughter, Saül, born on 7 March 2007.
In 2016, while shooting his fifth film, ''Dog'', Benchetrit fell in love with
Vanessa Paradis, whom he directed. They married in June 2018.
Works
Books
* 2000 : ''Récit d'un branleur'' (Tale of a Wanker)
* 2005 : ''Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte'' (Asphalt Chronicles) (tome I)
* 2007 : ''Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte'' (Asphalt Chronicles) (tome II)
* 2009 : ''Le Cœur en dehors''
* 2010 : ''Les Chroniques de l'Asphalte'', (Asphalt Chronicles) (tome III)
* 2015 : ''Chien'' Edition Grasset
Theatre
* 2001 : ''Comédie sur un quai de gare'' (Comedy on a Railway Platform)
* 2005 : ''Moins deux'' (This title is a rich pun, translating as: "ASAP", "Two Down", "Two Below", and "Minus Two")
Films
;As director
* 2000 : ''Nouvelle de la tour L'' (short film) ("Story of Tower L")
* 2003 : ''Janis et John'' (Janis And John)
* 2007 : ''J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster'' (
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster)
* 2008 : ''YSL film''
* 2015 : ''
Asphalte''
* 2017 : ''Dog''
* 2021 : ''
Cette musique ne joue pour personne''
;As actor
* 2005 : ''
Backstage'' (Director :
Emmanuelle Bercot)
* 2012 : ''Un enfant de toi'' (Director :
Jacques Doillon
Jacques Doillon (; born 15 March 1944) is a French film director and screenwriter. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Judith Godrèche, Marianne Denicourt, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Juliette Binoche.
Earl ...
)
* 2014 : ''
Les Gazelles'' (Director :
Mona Achache)
* 2017 : ''
Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction'' (Director :
Claude Lelouch
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical ...
)
References
External links
*
"Samuel Benechetrit", ''The Daily Beast''
1973 births
Living people
People from Champigny-sur-Marne
Male actors from Île-de-France
French film directors
French male film actors
21st-century French Sephardi Jews
French male screenwriters
French screenwriters
21st-century French male actors
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