Benoît Delépine (born 30 August 1958) is a French comedian and film director.

Michael Kael contre la World News Company, a chess commercial, reprising two elements of the fictional career of the director: his role as a reporter for Groland and the World Company, which he contributed to create for Les Guignols.

In 2004, Aaltra, which he wrote, directed, and starred in with Gustave Kervern enjoyed critical success.

With Kervern, he also directed and starred in Avida, which was awarded screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

[2] His 2012 film Le grand soir competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[3][4] where it won the Special Jury Prize.