Jean-Jacques Beineix
Paris, France

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.

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Mortal Transfer (2001)
Director | Screenplay
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992)
Director | Adaptation
Roselyne and the Lions (1989)
Director | Screenplay | Producer
Betty Blue (1986)
Director | Screenplay | Producer
The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
Director | Screenplay
Diva (1981)
Director | Screenplay
French Postcards (1979)
First Assistant Director
Mr. Michel's Dog (1977)
Director | Writer
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
First Assistant Director
The Wild Goose Chase (1975)
Assistant Director
Par le sang des autres (1974)
Assistant Director
Défense de savoir (1973)
Second Assistant Director
A Full Day's Work (1973)
First Assistant Director
And Hope to Die (1972)
Second Assistant Director
The Day the Clown Cried (1972)
Assistant Director