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Jean-Jacques Beineix

Jean-Jacques Beineix

ActorDirectorProducerDirectingWriter Oct 8 (died age 75) Paris, France 1972–2025 (53 year career)
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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 pres…

Known For

The Wing or the Thigh?
Film

The Wing or the Thigh?

First Assistant Director
Betty Blue
Film

Betty Blue

Director
Diva
Film

Diva

Director
The Wild Goose Chase
Film

The Wild Goose Chase

Assistant Director
The Moon in the Gutter
Film

The Moon in the Gutter

Director
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
Film

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms

Director
And Hope to Die
Film

And Hope to Die

Second Assistant Director
A Full Day's Work
Film

A Full Day's Work

First Assistant Director

Filmography

Crew (37)

Movies (37)

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe

2013

Director

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe

2013

Producer

Minus

Minus

2011

Executive Producer

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!

2010

Co-Director

Classification systématique du vivant extraterrestre

Classification systématique du vivant extraterrestre

2006

Producer

Loft Paradoxe

Loft Paradoxe

2002

Director

Mortal Transfer

Mortal Transfer

2001

Director

5.1
Mortal Transfer

Mortal Transfer

2001

Screenplay

5.1
Locked-In Syndrome

Locked-In Syndrome

1997

Director

6.2
Locked-In Syndrome

Locked-In Syndrome

1997

Producer

6.2
Place Clichy sans complexe

Place Clichy sans complexe

1996

Director

Place Clichy sans complexe

Place Clichy sans complexe

1996

Producer

Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

1994

Director

4.4
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

1994

Producer

4.4
The King of Ads, Part 2

The King of Ads, Part 2

1993

Director

3.0
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms

1992

Director

6.2
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms

1992

Producer

6.2
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms

1992

Writer

6.2
Roselyne and the Lions

Roselyne and the Lions

1988

Director

5.5
Roselyne and the Lions

Roselyne and the Lions

1988

Producer

5.5
Roselyne and the Lions

Roselyne and the Lions

1988

Screenplay

5.5
Betty Blue

Betty Blue

1986

Director

7.2
Betty Blue

Betty Blue

1986

Producer

7.2
Betty Blue

Betty Blue

1986

Screenplay

7.2
The Moon in the Gutter

The Moon in the Gutter

1983

Director

5.7
The Moon in the Gutter

The Moon in the Gutter

1983

Screenplay

5.7
Diva

Diva

1981

Director

6.7
Diva

Diva

1981

Screenplay

6.7
French Postcards

French Postcards

1979

First Assistant Director

4.6
Mr. Michel's Dog

Mr. Michel's Dog

1977

Director

7.5
Mr. Michel's Dog

Mr. Michel's Dog

1977

Writer

7.5
The Wing or the Thigh?

The Wing or the Thigh?

1976

First Assistant Director

7.2
The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase

1975

Assistant Director

6.1
By the Blood of Others

By the Blood of Others

1974

Assistant Director

4.2
Défense de savoir

Défense de savoir

1973

Second Assistant Director

5.6
A Full Day's Work

A Full Day's Work

1973

First Assistant Director

6.4
And Hope to Die

And Hope to Die

1972

Second Assistant Director

6.3