Trivia

As a child Beineix described himself as "a great Jerry Lewis fan" and was thrilled to be hired on Lewis' unreleased film, The Day the Clown Cried (1972) as an assistant director.

He was offered the chance to direct The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) but declined as he considered that he had already covered the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby in his documentary feature Assigné à résidence (1997).

His favourite films include Children of Paradise (1945), To Have and Have Not (1944), In the White City (1983) and The Fire Within (1963).

Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1987.

President of the jury at the entrance examination of La Fémis (France's national film school) in 1994.

He unsuccessfully attempted to write and direct an adaptation of Pierre Lemaitre's novel Au Revoir Là-Haut; the book was later adapted into a film by Albert Dupontel [See You Up There (2017)].

President of the 'Official Competition' jury of the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2016.

In May 2005, he announced his intention to write and direct an adaptation of Jean-Pierre Gattegno's novel "For a Long Time I Used To Go To Bed Early". The project never came to fruition.

His funeral took place on 20 January 2022 at the Church of Saint-Roch in Paris. Mourners included Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Dominique Besnehard, Vladimir Cosma, Gérard Krawczyk, Claudie Ossard, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-Pierre Lavoignat and Isabelle Pasco.