Samuel Benchetrit

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

Biography Benchetrit was born to a family of Romani, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.

At age fifteen, he left school to focus on photography.

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

In 2021, the comedy film Cette musique ne joue pour personne (English title: Love Songs for Tough Guys) was selected for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Personal life From 1998 to 2003, Samuel Benchetrit was married to Marie Trintignant, whom he met in 1993; in the year of their marriage, they had a son, the future actor Jules Benchetrit, who appeared in Benchetrit's film Chez Gino and played one of the leading roles in Macadam Stories (Asphalte).

With Anna Mouglalis, he has a daughter who became an actress, named Saül, born on 7 March 2007. Both appear on the poster for his film I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster).

Since November 2016, he has been in a relationship with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, whom he married on 30 June 2018 in Saint-Siméon. In August 2026 the couple released a joint statement announcing they had separated after 8 years of marriage.

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) 2014 : Les Gazelles (Director : Mona Achache) 2017 : Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction (Director : Claude Lelouch)