Jean-Jacques Beineix

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-10-08 (76 years old)

Deathday

2022-01-13

Place of Birth

Paris, France

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 hegemon...

Production

1981

Diva

as Director

1981

Diva

as Screenplay

1973

Défense de savoir

as Second Assistant Director

1986

Betty Blue

as Director

1986

Betty Blue

as Screenplay

1986

Betty Blue

as Producer

1972

And Hope to Die

as Second Assistant Director

1983

1983

2001

Mortal Transfer

as Director

1973

A Full Day's Work

as First Assistant Director

1988

1997

2002

Loft Paradoxe

as Director

1976

The Wing or the Thigh?

as First Assistant Director

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The Day the Clown Cried

as Assistant Director

1977

Mr. Michel's Dog

as Director

1974

Par le sang des autres

as Assistant Director

1977

1975

The Wild Goose Chase

as Assistant Director

1979

French Postcards

as First Assistant Director

2001

Mortal Transfer

as Screenplay

1997

1988

1988

2011

Minus

as Executive Producer

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