- 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 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.
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