French director JeanJacques Beineix is bestknown for making two of the most provocative films of the 1980s Diva 1982 and 372 le matin Betty Blue 1986 Dark haunting and filled with substantial helpings of violence andor sex both films were great successes in France winning a number of awards and a degree of cinematic immortality for their director The directors 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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