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Jean-Jacques Beineix

Born: October 8, 1946
Died: January 13, 2022
in 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 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.

Movies for Jean-Jacques Beineix...

Title: Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

Character: Self

Released: May 15, 2016

Type: Movie

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Title: The Clown

Character: Self

Released: February 3, 2016

Type: Movie

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A documentary directed by Eric Friedler about Jerry Lewis' never released movie "The Day The Clown Cried".

Title: Blue Notes and Bungalows

Character: Self

Released: November 25, 2013

Type: Movie

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A documentary about the making of Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1986 film BETTY BLUE.

Title: Picture of Europe

Character: Self

Released: April 25, 1990

Type: Movie

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What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between American independent and Hollywood movies and films from European directors. Featuring luminary iconoclasts from European cinema such as Agnes Varda, Bernardo Bertolucci and Pedro Almodovar, as well as American counterpoints from Paul Schrader, and those who have crossed back and forth, such as Paul Verhoeven