Jean-Jacques Beineix
Born: 1946-10-08 in Paris, France
Died: 2022-01-13
Known For: Directing
Biography
French director Jean-Jacques Beineix is best-known for making two of the most provocative films of the 1980s; Diva (1982) and 37.2 le matin (Betty Blue, 1986). Dark, haunting, and filled with substantial helpings of violence and/or sex, both films were great successes in France, winning a number of awards and a degree of cinematic immortality for their director. The director's screen work during the 1990s was sporadic, and he concentrated much of his energy on such offscreen projects as his presidency of the ARP (an association for writers, directors, and producers) and his efforts to protect European film from North American cultural hegemony. He breathed his last on Januray 14, 2022.
Filmography
2025
- From Darkness to Light as Self
2016
- The Clown as Self
- Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau as Self
2013
- Blue Notes and Bungalows as Self
- Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe ... (Producer)
2011
- Minus ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! ... (Co-Director)
2006
- Classification systématique du vivant extraterrestre ... (Producer)
2003
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002
- Loft Paradoxe ... (Director)
2001
- Mortal Transfer ... (Director)
1997
- Locked-In Syndrome ... (Director)
1996
- Place Clichy sans complexe ... (Director)
1994
- Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire ... (Director)
1993
- The King of Ads, Part 2 ... (Director)
1992
- IP5: The Island of Pachyderms ... (Director)
1990
- Pictures of Europe as Self
1988
- Roselyne and the Lions ... (Director)
1987
- Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1986
- Betty Blue ... (Director)
1983
- The Moon in the Gutter ... (Director)
1981
- Diva ... (Director)
1979
- French Postcards ... (First Assistant Director)
1977
- Mr. Michel's Dog ... (Director)
1976
- The Wing or the Thigh? ... (First Assistant Director)
1975
- The Wild Goose Chase ... (Assistant Director)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- By the Blood of Others ... (Assistant Director)
1973
- A Full Day's Work ... (First Assistant Director)
- Défense de savoir ... (Second Assistant Director)
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- And Hope to Die ... (Second Assistant Director)
- The Day the Clown Cried ... (Assistant Director)