Along with Luc Besson and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Beineix was one of the major figures of the ‘cinéma du look’ – the stylish 1980s refit of French cinema that saw the country move beyond the New Wave.
Oscar-nominated film director Jean-Jacques Beineix, who has died aged 75, survived a panning by French critics to make Betty Blue, one of most iconic films of the 1980s.