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Jean-Jacques Beineix

Jean-Jacques Beineix

ActorProducerDirectingDirectorWriter 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…

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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