in 1964, jean-jacques beineix started his career as jean becker's assistant director on the famous french tv series, "", until the end of 1967. then, in 1970 he worked for claude berri and in 1971 for claude zidi. in 1977, he directed his first short movie "le chien de m. michel" which won the first prize at the trouville festival. in 1980, he directed his first feature film "diva" which received four césars. the film was also entered into the 12th moscow international film festival. his second feature, "moon in the gutter", was nominated for the palme d'or at 1983's cannes festival. that film was nominated for three césars in 1984. it won one award - the best production design category.