
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Known for directing · Born 8 October 1946 · Died 13 January 2022 · aged 75 · Paris, France
33 credits
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

Betty Blue
1986

Diva
1981

The Moon in the Gutter
1983

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
1992

Mortal Transfer
2001

Roselyne and the Lions
1988

Locked-In Syndrome
1997

Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
1994

Mr. Michel's Dog
1977

Blue Notes and Bungalows
2013

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe
2013

Loft Paradoxe
2002