Jean-Jacques Beineix

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.

Known For

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

From Darkness to Light

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

The Clown

as Self

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Blue Notes and Bungalows

as Self

Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français

as Self (archive) - filmmaker

Pictures of Europe

as Self

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

as Self