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
Complete Filmography
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews wi...
Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau
2016
as Self
With Italian roots and growing up in the working class milieu of Marseille, he is one of the most famous French chansonniers and actors: Yves Montand ...
The Clown
2016
as Self
A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".
Blue Notes and Bungalows
2013
as Self
A documentary about the making of Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1986 film BETTY BLUE.
Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe
2013
Producer, Director
Minus
2011
Executive Producer
At the other edge of the universe, in a forest of giant trees, one piece of fruit falls to the ground: it half-opens one eye, then the other... a crea...
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
2010
Co-Director
Call for the regularization by the French government of all undocumented workers living in the country, a short film co-directed by 320 filmmakers and...
Classification systématique du vivant extraterrestre
2006
Producer
This movie is an attempt at putting some order in the huge quantity and diversity of extraterrestrial life made on Earth by the varied forms of the en...
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and au...
Loft Paradoxe
2002
Director
Reality TV has invaded the world television space for several years. Garbage television, attack to the human dignity, cultural desertification for so...
Mortal Transfer
2001
Director, Screenplay
Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, tell him how she likes her husband be...
Locked-In Syndrome
1997
Director, Producer
On December 8, 1995, at the age of 43, Jean-Dominque Bauby, editor-in-chief of ELLE Magazine, suffered from a stroke and fell into a coma. When Bauby ...
Place Clichy sans complexe
1996
Director, Producer
Documentary on the 18-month renovation of the large Pathé Wepler cinema on the Place de Clichy in Paris. This 1,600-seat cinema is a landmark in the h...
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
1994
Director, Producer
A documentary that explores the life styles of various otakus in Japan. Various interviews are given to selected otakus who express how interesting it...
The King of Ads, Part 2
1993
Director
Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compi...
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
1992
Director, Adaptation
Young graffiti artist Tony and his friend Jockey jump-start an unexpected adventure on the streets of Grenoble, France, when they steal a car that's a...
Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between...
Roselyne and the Lions
1988
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he l...
Betty Blue
1986
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
The Moon in the Gutter
1983
Director, Screenplay
A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.
Diva
1981
Screenplay, Director
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day...
French Postcards
1979
First Assistant Director
French Postcards rings both comic and true. The believable, fresh-faced characters are young naives from American colleges spending their French-Engli...
Mr. Michel's Dog
1977
Director, Writer
In 1977, after working as an assistant director on several features, BETTY BLUE filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix directed the following short film about...
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
First Assistant Director
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t...
The Wild Goose Chase
1975
Assistant Director
The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is i...
Par le sang des autres
1974
Assistant Director
In a little French town everything goes on as usual and people seem friendly and good-natured, until the day two women arrive from Paris. A man gets o...
Défense de savoir
1973
Second Assistant Director
When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does ...
A Full Day's Work
1973
First Assistant Director
A father plans to kill in the same day the nine members of the jury who condemned his son to death.
And Hope to Die
1972
Second Assistant Director
A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
The Day the Clown Cried
N/A
Assistant Director
An unfinished and unreleased Swedish-French comedy-drama about a Circus clown imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp.