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Jean-Jacques Beineix
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…
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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.
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2026
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
Movie Self (archive) - filmmaker
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2025
From Darkness to Light
Movie Self
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2016
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau
Movie Self
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2016
The Clown
Movie Self
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2013
Blue Notes and Bungalows
Movie Self
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2013
Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe
Movie Producer
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2011
Minus
Movie Executive Producer
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2010
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
Movie Co-Director
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2006
Classification systématique du vivant extraterrestre
Movie Producer
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2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Movie Self
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2002
Loft Paradoxe
Movie Director
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2001
Mortal Transfer
Movie Director
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1997
Locked-In Syndrome
Movie Director
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1996
Place Clichy sans complexe
Movie Director
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1994
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
Movie Director
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1993
The King of Ads, Part 2
Movie Director
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1992
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
Movie Director
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1990
Pictures of Europe
Movie Self
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1988
Roselyne and the Lions
Movie Director
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1987
Nulle part ailleurs
TV show Self
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1986
Betty Blue
Movie Director
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1983
The Moon in the Gutter
Movie Director
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1981
Diva
Movie Director
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1979
French Postcards
Movie First Assistant Director
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1977
Mr. Michel's Dog
Movie Director
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1976
The Wing or the Thigh?
Movie First Assistant Director
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1975
The Wild Goose Chase
Movie Assistant Director
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1974
Spécial cinéma
TV show Self
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1974
By the Blood of Others
Movie Assistant Director
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1973
Défense de savoir
Movie Second Assistant Director
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1973
A Full Day's Work
Movie First Assistant Director
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1972
And Hope to Die
Movie Second Assistant Director
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
