Étienne de Jouy was born on October 19, 1764 in Versailles, Île-de-France, Kingdom of France [now Yvelines, France]. He was a writer, known for Match Point (2005), Guillaume Tell: Royal Opera, London 2015 (2015) and Guillaume Tell (2013). He died on September 4, 1846 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France.