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 hegemony. He breathed his last on Januray 14, 2022.

Directed

1. Betty Blue (1986) — Director
2. Diva (1981) — Director
3. The Moon in the Gutter (1983) — Director
4. IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992) — Director
5. Mortal Transfer (2001) — Director
6. Roselyne and the Lions (1988) — Director
7. Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire (1994) — Director
8. Locked-In Syndrome (1997) — Director
9. Mr. Michel's Dog (1977) — Director
10. Loft Paradoxe (2002) — Director
11. The King of Ads, Part 2 (1993) — Director
12. Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe (2013) — Director
13. Place Clichy sans complexe (1996) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
2. From Darkness to Light (2025) — Self
3. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
4. The Clown (2016) — Self
5. 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) — Self
6. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
7. Blue Notes and Bungalows (2013) — Self
8. Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français (2026) — Self (archive) - filmmaker
9. Pictures of Europe (1990) — Self
10. Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau (2016) — Self