Director
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Born 1946 · 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.
Directed
The Wing or the Thigh?
First Assistant Director · 1976
Betty Blue
Director · 1986
Diva
Director · 1981
The Wild Goose Chase
Assistant Director · 1975
The Moon in the Gutter
Director · 1983
A Full Day's Work
First Assistant Director · 1973
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
Director · 1992
And Hope to Die
Second Assistant Director · 1972
Loft Paradoxe
Director · 2002
Mr. Michel's Dog
Director · 1977
Roselyne and the Lions
Director · 1988
Mortal Transfer
Director · 2001
Locked-In Syndrome
Director · 1997
Défense de savoir
Second Assistant Director · 1973
French Postcards
First Assistant Director · 1979
By the Blood of Others
Assistant Director · 1974
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
Director · 1994
The King of Ads, Part 2
Director · 1993
Acting
Spécial cinéma
Self · 1974
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 1972
The Clown
Self · 2016
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · 1987
From Darkness to Light
Self · 2025
Blue Notes and Bungalows
Self · 2013
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
Self (archive) - filmmaker · 2026
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self · 2003
Pictures of Europe
Self · 1990
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau
Self · 2016