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Jean-Luc Godard

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.


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Born:
Dec 3, 1930 In Paris, France
Movie/TV Credits:
116
First Appeared:
In the movie Noises From The Agora
Latest Project:
Movie For Jack, From Hell 2024-06-17
Known For
Filmography
Movie MORTEM IMAGINIS. Godard 2025
Movie Noises From The Agora Himself 2025
Movie For Jack, From Hell Self (archive footage) 2024-06-17
Movie Say God Bye Self (JLG) 2023-07-04
Movie Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars Self/Narrator 2023-12-15
Movie Godard Cinema Self 2023-06-05
Movie See You Friday, Robinson Himself 2022-09-14
Movie The Sparks Brothers Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2021-06-18
Movie Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte 2021-05-10
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 Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure Self (archive footage) 2018-12-25
Movie Mireille Darc, la femme libre Self (archive footage) 2018-08-24
Movie The Image Book Narrator (voice) 2018-10-11
Movie Film catastrophe himself 2018-11-20
Movie Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette 2017-07-07
Movie Faces Places Self 2017-06-28
Movie Belmondo, le magnifique Self (archive footage) 2017-09-03
Movie Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture Self (archive footage) 2016-05-12
Movie A German Youth (archive material) 2015-02-07
Movie Hitchcock/Truffaut Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2015-09-04
Movie Goodbye to Language Narrator (voice) 2014-08-15
Movie Close Up Self (archive footage) 2012-09-30
Movie La rouge et la noire Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited) 2011-06-08
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 Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings Himself 2010-02-18
Movie Accomplice Himself 2010-04-22
Movie Two in the Wave Self (archive footage) 2010-05-19
Movie Memória Cubana Self (archive footage) 2010-09-27
Movie On the Trail of the New Wave Self (archive footage) 2009-03-14
Movie Once Upon a Time… Contempt Self 2009-05-21
Movie JLG\PG Himself 2009-01-01
Movie Back to Room 666 Self (archive footage) 2008-02-02
Movie Four Short Films Narrator 2006-03-06
Movie Filmmakers in Action Self (archive footage) 2006-09-15
Movie I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth 2005-04-14
Movie Our Music Self 2004-11-24
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 Mai en décembre: Godard en Abitibi Himself (voice) 2000-02-26
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 The Children Play Russian The idiot: Prince Mishkin 1993-08-08
Movie Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave Self 1992-06-18
Movie The Darty Report Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot 1989-01-01
Movie Keep Your Right Up Idiot / Prince 1987-09-19
Movie King Lear Professor Pluggy 1987-09-15
Movie Duras/Godard 1987-12-02
Movie Meetin' WA Self 1986-04-23
Movie Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Self (uncredited) 1986-08-28
Movie Soft and Hard Self 1985-08-12
Movie Godard / Sollers : L’entretien 1985-04-17
Movie First Name: Carmen Uncle Jeannot 1983-09-04
Movie Godard: History: Passion Self 1983-05-11
Movie Scénario du film Passion Narrator / Self 1982-01-28
Movie Room 666 Self 1982-06-01
Movie Cinématon XI N°106 1981-05-14
Movie Reporters Self 1981-06-10
Movie Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) Self 1981-02-03
Movie ORG Self (archive footage) 1979-08-31
Movie France/Tour/Detour/Deux/Enfants Robert Linard 1979-01-01
Series France/tour/détour/deux/enfants Robert Linard (uncredited) 1979-01-01
Movie Cinématon N°106 1978-12-20
Movie How's It Going? Union Member (voice) 1978-04-26
Movie Little Godard The Guest 1978-06-08
Movie Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication Self 1976-03-12
Movie Here and Elsewhere Narrator (voice) 1976-09-15
Movie 1975-11-05
Movie Numéro deux Self (uncredited) 1975-09-24
Movie Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1974-04-11
Movie Vladimir and Rosa Vladimir Lenin (uncredited) 1971-04-16
Movie 1 P.M. Self 1971-06-08
Movie Wind from the East Self (uncredited) 1970-08-19
Movie Godard in America Himself 1970-01-01
Movie Willing Self (uncredited) 1969-03-10
Movie Le Gai Savoir Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1969-07-12
Movie Civilisation: L'homme et les images 1967-01-01
Movie Made in U.S.A Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited) 1967-01-27
Movie Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 Self 1967-05-30
Movie Far from Vietnam Self (segment "Camera Eye") 1967-10-18
Movie 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Narrator (voice) 1967-03-17
Movie The Dinosaur and the Baby Self 1967-03-15
Movie Carl Th. Dreyer Self (uncredited) 1966-11-14
Movie Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson Self 1966-05-11
Movie The Defector Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited) 1966-10-19
Movie The Married Woman The Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1964-12-04
Movie Bardot et Godard Himself 1964-04-30
Movie La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même Self 1964-05-19
Movie Paparazzi Himself 1964-09-22
Movie The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited) 1964-08-14
Movie Band of Outsiders Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1964-08-05
Movie Le Petit Soldat Man at Railway Station (uncredited) 1963-01-25
Movie Contempt Lang's Assistant Director 1963-10-29
Movie The Lovely Month of May Self (uncredited) 1963-05-01
Movie Scheherazade Handwalker 1963-05-10
Movie Petit Jour Self 1962-01-01
Movie Cléo from 5 to 7 The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film 1962-04-11
Movie Vivre Sa Vie The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited) 1962-09-20
Movie Sign of the Lion Le Mélomane (uncredited) 1962-05-03
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
Series Cinépanorama 1956-02-04
Movie The Kreutzer Sonata Ami Journaliste 1956-01-01
Movie The Quadrille Self 1950-08-24
Movie The Glass Castle Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited) 1950-12-16