Samuel Benchetrit

Samuel Benchetrit (born 26 June 1973) is a French writer, actor, screenwriter, and director.^[1]

Samuel Benchetrit
Benchetrit in 2011
Born	(1973-06-26) 26 June 1973 (age 51) Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Occupations	Author film director screenwriter actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouses	Marie Trintignant ​ ​ (m. 1998; died 2003)​ Vanessa Paradis ​ (m. 2018)​
Partner(s)	Anna Mouglalis (2005–2012)
Children	2

Biography

Benchetrit was born to a family of Romani, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.^[2]

At age fifteen, he left school to focus on photography.^[2]

Born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Benchetrit was married to French actress Marie Trintignant from 1998 until her murder by her lover Bertrand Cantat in 2003. On 17 April 1998 the couple had a child, Jules Benchetrit [fr].

From 2005 to 2012 Benchetrit was in a relationship with French actress Anna Mouglalis; they have a daughter, Saül, born on 7 March 2007.^[3]

In 2016, while shooting his fifth film, Dog, Benchetrit fell in love with Vanessa Paradis,^[4][5] whom he directed. They married in June 2018.^[6]

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")^[7]
• 2003 : Janis et John (Janis And John)
• 2007 : J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster (I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster)^[8]
• 2008 : YSL film^[9]
• 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)^[10][11]
• 2014 : Les Gazelles (Director : Mona Achache)
• 2017 : Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction (Director : Claude Lelouch)