Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Died
- January 13, 2022
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français 2026
as Self (archive) - filmmaker
From Darkness to Light 2025
as Self
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau 2016
as Self
The Clown 2016
as Self
Blue Notes and Bungalows 2013
as Self
Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe 2013
Producer, Director
Minus 2011
Executive Producer
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! 2010
Co-Director
Classification systématique du vivant extraterrestre 2006
Producer
100 Greatest Sexy Moments 2003
as Self
Loft Paradoxe 2002
Director
Mortal Transfer 2001
Director, Screenplay
Locked-In Syndrome 1997
Director, Producer
Place Clichy sans complexe 1996
Director, Producer
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire 1994
Director, Producer
The King of Ads, Part 2 1993
Director
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms 1992
Director, Writer, Producer
Pictures of Europe 1990
as Self
Roselyne and the Lions 1988
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
By the Blood of Others 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
Credits from TMDB.