Biography
Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer, who has lived and worked in the United States after joining the New York City Ballet in 1995, where he became a soloist in 1998 and a principal in 2002. He has also created choreography for the company, and choreographed pieces for other major companies. He retired from NYCB in 2011. He initiated the LA Dance Project, leading it from 2011 to 2014. He was Director of Dance at the Paris Opera Ballet from October 2014 and resigned in 2016. H...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Carmen
2023
Choreographer, Director, Screenplay
A young and fiercely independent woman, Carmen, is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. She surviv...
Romeo and Juliet: Benjamin Millepied
2022
Choreographer
Vox Lux
2018
Choreographer
In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making...
Why Can't We Get Along
2018
Director
The various creators and talents have created a brilliantly choreographed work, in which the camera dances and becomes a central character, following ...
Reset
2016
In early 2013, it was announced that choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied, known as the man behind the ballet of Black Swan, would take over as...
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
2014
Choreographer
Primetime special to celebrate 30 years of CANAL+.
Aria
2012
Director
French ballet dancer and Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied captures the freeform movement of rising dance star Lil Buck.
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins
2011
Choreographer
In 2008, the Opéra national de Paris honored the legendary Jerome Robbins. Though the general public may remember him primarily for his staging and ch...
Time Doesn't Stand Still
2011
as Lui
Director Asa Mader collaborated with Benjamin Millepied (Black Swan star and New York City Ballet principal) for this film featuring Millepied and Fre...
Time Doesn't Stand Still
2011
Director, Writer
Director Asa Mader collaborated with Benjamin Millepied (Black Swan star and New York City Ballet principal) for this film featuring Millepied and Fre...
Black Swan
2010
as David Moreau / The Prince
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She ...
Black Swan
2010
Choreographer, Other
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She ...
Barbie of Swan Lake
2003
as New York City Ballet Dancer
Barbie as Odette, the young daughter of a baker, follows a unicorn into the Enchanted Forest and is transformed into a swan by an evil wizard intent o...
Barbie in the Nutcracker
2001
as New York City Ballet Dancer
"Barbie" stars as Clara in this animated retelling of the classic Christmas ballet, complete with Tchaikovsky soundtrack and ballet choreography.