Born in 1930, Jean-Luc Godard became acquainted, while at university, with Claude Chabrol, Francois Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, forming part of a group of passionate young film critics writing in Cahiers du Cinéma, and film-makers devoted to exploring new possibilities in cinema. A bout de souffle (Breathless) (1959) was his first feature. Made on a shoe-string budget, it was spontaneous, vibrant and ground breakingly original. From then until 1967/8 was loosely his first period when he made an astonishing number of films, sometimes 3 a year. From 68 Godard was very involved in political film-making, and then made a series of programmes for French TV in the mid and late 70’s. With Sauve qui peut (la vie) or Slow Motion, Godard could be said to start a 3rd period through the 80’s. In the 90’s he started more formal experimentation, specifically with his long series Histoire(s) du Cinéma. His films have influenced film-makers as diverse as Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Jim Jarmusch, Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino and Wong Kar-Wai. His latest film, Film Socialisme, received its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) to great acclaim. Jean-Luc Godard was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2010.
Movie | MORTEM IMAGINIS. | Godard | 2025 |
Movie | Noises From The Agora | Himself | 2025 |
Movie | Godard Cinema | Self | 2023-06-05 |
Movie | Anna Karina, Remember | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2020-06-13 |
Movie | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau | Self (archive footage) | 2019-05-07 |
Movie | Mireille Darc, la femme libre | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-24 |
Movie | Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | Belmondo, le magnifique | Self (archive footage) | 2017-09-03 |
Movie | Faces Places | Self | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | Hitchcock/Truffaut | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-09-04 |
Movie | A German Youth | (archive material) | 2015-02-07 |
Movie | Goodbye to Language | Narrator (voice) | 2014-08-15 |
Movie | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-25 |
Movie | Marcel Ophuls et Jean-Luc Godard, La rencontre de St-Gervais | Self | 2010-12-08 |
Movie | Accomplice | Himself | 2010-04-22 |
Movie | Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings | Himself | 2010-02-18 |
Movie | Memória Cubana | Self (archive footage) | 2010-09-27 |
Movie | Two in the Wave | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-19 |
Movie | JLG\PG | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | On the Trail of the New Wave | Self (archive footage) | 2009-03-14 |
Movie | Back to Room 666 | Self (archive footage) | 2008-02-02 |
Movie | Filmmakers in Action | Self (archive footage) | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | Four Short Films | Narrator | 2006-03-06 |
Movie | I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth | 2005-04-14 | |
Movie | Notre musique | Himself | 2004-05-19 |
Movie | Marguerite as She Was | 2003-04-04 | |
Movie | After the Reconciliation | Robert | 2000-12-27 |
Movie | Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas | Self | 2000-04-02 |
Movie | Godard on TV: 1960-2000 | Self (archive footage) | 1999-12-06 |
Movie | Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute | Self | 1998-11-01 |
Movie | Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths | Self | 1997-02-22 |
Movie | We're All Still Here | The Actor | 1997-03-19 |
Movie | Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema | Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice) | 1997-05-07 |
Movie | JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December | Self | 1995-03-08 |
Movie | Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 1993-05-27 |
Movie | King Lear | Professor Pluggy | 1987-09-15 |
Movie | Keep Your Right Up | Idiot / Prince | 1987-09-19 |
Movie | Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company | 1986-05-24 | |
Movie | Meetin' WA | Self | 1986-04-23 |
Movie | First Name: Carmen | Uncle Jeannot | 1983-09-04 |
Movie | Room 666 | Self | 1982-06-01 |
Movie | Cinématon XI | N°106 | 1981-11-07 |
Movie | Reporters | Self | 1981-06-10 |
Movie | ORG | Self (archive footage) | 1979-08-31 |
Movie | Cinématon | N°106 | 1978-12-20 |
Movie | How's It Going? | Union member | 1976-05-21 |
Movie | Numéro deux | Himself (uncredited) | 1975-09-24 |
Movie | Né | 1975-11-05 | |
Movie | Letter to Jane | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1972-10-10 |
Movie | 1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie) | Self | 1971-06-08 |
Movie | Vladimir and Rosa | Vladimir Lenin (uncredited) | 1971-04-16 |
Movie | Wind from the East | (uncredited) | 1970-08-19 |
Movie | The Joy of Learning | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1969-07-12 |
Movie | Far from Vietnam | Self (segment "Camera Eye") | 1967-10-18 |
Movie | Made in U.S.A | Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited) | 1967-01-27 |
Movie | 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her | Narrator (voice) | 1967-03-17 |
Movie | The Dinosaur and the Baby | Himself | 1967-03-15 |
Movie | Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson | Self | 1966-05-11 |
Movie | The Defector | Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited) | 1966-10-19 |
Movie | Bardot et Godard | Himself | 1964-04-30 |
Movie | La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même | Self | 1964-05-19 |
Movie | The Married Woman | The Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1964-12-04 |
Movie | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited) | 1964-08-14 |
Movie | Paparazzi | Himself | 1964-09-22 |
Movie | The Little Soldier | Man at Railway Station (uncredited) | 1963-01-25 |
Movie | Scheherazade | Handwalker | 1963-05-10 |
Movie | The Lovely Month of May | Self (uncredited) | 1963-05-01 |
Movie | Contempt | Lang's Assistant Director | 1963-10-29 |
Movie | Cléo from 5 to 7 | The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film | 1962-04-11 |
Movie | Petit Jour | Self | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Sign of the Lion | Le Mélomane (uncredited) | 1962-05-03 |
Movie | Vivre Sa Vie | The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited) | 1962-09-20 |
Movie | The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge | Man with the Black Glasses | 1961-01-01 |
Movie | Paris Belongs to Us | Hans Lucas | 1961-12-13 |
Movie | Breathless | The Snitch | 1960-03-16 |
Movie | The 400 Blows | (voice)(uncredited) | 1959-06-03 |
Movie | Charlotte and Her Boyfriend | Jules (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-12-31 |
Movie | Fool's Mate | Party guest (uncredited) | 1956-11-01 |
Movie | The Kreutzer Sonata | Ami Journaliste | 1956-01-01 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | The Glass Castle | Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited) | 1950-12-16 |