He took the competitive entrance exam for the Paris film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC), but failed it (his final rank was 21st).

[2] Jean-Jacques Beineix began his career in 1964 as Jean Becker's assistant director on the popular French TV series Les Saintes chéries [fr].

[3] In 1977, Beineix directed his first short movie, Le Chien de M. Michel, which won first prize at the Trouville Festival.

The look of the cinéma du look refers to the films' high investment in non-naturalistic, self-conscious aesthetics, notably intense colours and lighting effects.

[10] In 1986, Beineix directed Betty Blue (original title: 37°2 le matin), in which Béatrice Dalle and Jean-Hugues Anglade starred.

The company produces feature films and documentaries on a wide variety of themes from science to art, to women's rights and social problems.

[3] In 2006, Beineix published a first volume of his autobiography, Les Chantiers de la gloire (in French only).