French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, who made waves with stylish works of 1980s cinema including "Diva" and "Betty Blue," died at 75.

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.

PARIS : French film director Jean-Jacques Beineix died on Thursday at the age of 75, his family told Agence France Presse on Friday.Beineix came to prominence with his first film, "Diva", in 1980 ...

He was best known internationally for the features Diva and Betty Blue. Beineix was a key figure in the intensely style-focused French film movement of the 1980s and 1990s termed ‘cinema du look’.