Jean-Luc Godard

Personal Info

Known For Directing

Known Credits 238

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-12-03

Day of Death 2022-09-13 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As

Jean Luc Godard
J.-L. Godard
JL Godard
JeanLuc Cinéma Godard
Monsieur Godard
JLG
Hans Lucas
ジャン＝リュック・ゴダール
장 뤽 고다르
让-吕克·戈达尔
장뤽 고다르
장-뤽 고다르

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Jean-Luc Godard

Biography

Jean-Luc Godard was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement and was arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era.

Known For

Directing

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… Director

2023		Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: “Phony Wars” … Director
2023		Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma … Director

2020

… Director

2019

… Director

2018

… Director

2015

… Director

2014		Goodbye to Language … Director
2014		The Bridges of Sarajevo … Director
2014		Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux … Director
2014		Le Pont des soupirs … Director

2013		The Three Disasters … Director
2013		3x3D … Director

2010		Film Socialisme … Director
2010		Tribute to Eric Rohmer … Director

2008		Journal des réalisateurs … Director
2008		Une catastrophe … Director

2006		Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) … Director
2006		Vrai faux passeport … Director
2006		Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) … Director
2006		Four Short Films … Director
2006		Ecce Homo … Director

2004		Notre Musique … Director
2004		Prayers for Refuseniks … Director

2002		In the Darkness of Time … Director
2002		Ten Minutes Older: The Cello … Director
2002		Liberty and Homeland … Director

2001

… Director

2000		The Old Place … Director
2000		Origins of the 21st Century … Director

1998		Adieu au TNS … Director
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us … Director
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe … Director
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave … Director
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute … Director

1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty … Director
1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema … Director

1996		For Ever Mozart … Director
1996		Plus oh ! … Director
1996		What's Wrong With The World … Director
1996		Hope/Microcosmos … Director

1995		2 x 50 Years of French Cinema … Director
1995		JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December … Director

1993		How Are The Kids … Director
1993		Oh, Woe Is Me … Director
1993		The Children Play Russian … Director
1993		Hail, Sarajevo … Director

1992

… Director

1991		Against Oblivion … Director
1991		The King of Ads … Director
1991		Germany Year 90 Nine Zero … Director
1991		Nike Air Max 180 … Director
1991		For Thomas Wainggai … Director

1990

… Director

1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories … Director
1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story … Director
1989		Le Rapport Darty … Director

1988		The Power of Speech … Director
1988		The French as Seen by… … Director
1988		On s'est tous défilé … Director
1988		Le Dernier Mot … Director
1988		Closed … Director
1988		Jean-Luc Godard interview by Serge Daney … Director

1987		Keep Your Right Up … Director
1987		Aria … Director
1987		Armide … Director
1987		King Lear … Director
1987		Closed Jeans … Director

1986		Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company … Director
1986		Meetin' WA … Director

1985		Detective … Director
1985		Hail Mary … Director
1985		Soft and Hard … Director

1984

(1 episode) … Director

1983		First Name: Carmen … Director
1983		Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie' … Director

1982		Godard's Passion … Director
1982		Passion, le travail et l'amour : Introduction à un scénario … Director
1982		Image Changing: Letter to the beloved … Director
1982		Scénario du film Passion … Director

1981		Sauve la vie (qui peut) … Director
1981		Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) … Director
1981		An All Round Maid … Director

1980

… Director

1979

… Director

1977		Dream On … Director
1977		France/Tour/Detour/Deux/Enfants … Director

1976		Here and Elsewhere … Director
1976		Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication (12 episodes) … Director
1976		How's It Going? … Director
1976		Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication … Director

1975

… Director

1972		Letter to Jane … Director
1972		Tout Va Bien … Director

1971		Schick After Shave … Director
1971		1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie) … Director
1971		Struggle in Italy … Director
1971		Vladimir and Rosa … Director

1970		Wind from the East … Director
1970		Pravda … Director
1970		British Sounds … Director

1969		The Joy of Learning … Director
1969		Love and Anger: Love … Director
1969		Love and Anger … Director

1968		A Film Like Any Other … Director
1968		Sympathy for the Devil … Director
1968		Cinétracts … Director
1968		Film-Tract n° 1968 … Director

1967		Weekend … Director
1967		Far from Vietnam … Director
1967		La Chinoise … Director
1967		The Oldest Profession … Director
1967		2 or 3 Things I Know About Her … Director
1967		Made in U.S.A … Director

1966

… Director

1965		Pierrot le Fou … Director
1965		Six in Paris … Director
1965		Alphaville … Director
1965		Montparnasse et Levallois … Director

1964		The Married Woman … Director
1964		The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers … Director
1964		Le Grand Escroc … Director
1964		Band of Outsiders … Director

1963		Contempt … Director
1963		Les carabiniers … Director
1963		Il nuovo mondo … Director
1963		Ro.Go.Pa.G. … Director
1963		Le Petit Soldat … Director

1962		Vivre Sa Vie … Director
1962		The Seven Deadly Sins … Director
1962		La Paresse … Director

1961		A Woman Is a Woman … Director
1961		A Story of Water … Director

1960

… Director

1959

… Director

1958		Charlotte and Her Boyfriend … Director
1958		Operation Concrete … Director

1955

… Director

Acting

—		France/tour/détour/deux/enfants (12 episodes) as Robert Linard
—		MORTEM IMAGINIS. as Godard
—		G(ode)ard as JLG
—		Brève rencontre avec Jean-Luc Godard ou le cinéma comme métaphore as Himself
—		Cinématon n°106 : Jean-Luc Godard
—		Histoire(s) du Cinéma as Himself

2023		Godard Cinema as Self
2023		Godard by Godard
2023		Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
2023		Godard Is Here as Self

2022		See You Friday, Robinson as Himself
2022		Alianças Profanas

2021		Godard Etkisi as Archive Footage (Himself)
2021		Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

2020		Printtemps as Self (archival footage)
2020		A Life for Movies - Lotte Eisner as Self (archive footage)
2020		Anna and the Jellyfish as Self (archive footage)
2020		Anna and the Jellyfish as Self (archive footage)

2019		A Letter to Freddy Buache as Himself
2019		Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau as Self (archive footage)

2018		Michel Legrand: Sans demi-mesure as Self (archive footage)
2018		Film catastrophe as himself
2018		The Image Book as Narrator (voice)
2018		Mireille Darc, la femme libre as Self (archive footage)
2018		Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView

2017		Anna Karina, Remember as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017		Belmondo, le magnifique as Self (archive footage)
2017		Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette

2016

as Self (archive footage)

2015		Hitchcock/Truffaut as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015		Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive as Himself
2015		A German Youth as (archive material)

2014		Goodbye to Language as Narrator (voice)
2014		Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux as Himself

2013

as Narrator

2012		Quod Erat Demonstrandum
2012		Close Up as Self (archive footage)
2012		Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed as Self (archive footage)

2011

as Self (archive footage)

2010		Godard Made in USA as Self (archive footage)
2010		Marcel Ophuls et Jean-Luc Godard, La rencontre de St-Gervais as Himself
2010		Conversation with JLG as Self
2010		Brunes et Blondes as Self
2010		Two in the Wave as Self (archive footage)
2010		Accomplice as Himself
2010		Ensemble et séparés : sept rendez-vous avec Jean-Luc Godard as Lui-même
2010		Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings as Himself
2010		Tribute to Eric Rohmer

2009		Once Upon a Time… Contempt as Self
2009		On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)
2009		JLG\PG as Himself

2008

as Self (archive footage)

2006		Filmmakers in Action as Self (archive footage)
2006		Vrai faux passeport
2006		Four Short Films as Narrator

2005

2004		The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin as Self
2004		Notre Musique as Himself

2003

2000		After the Reconciliation as Robert
2000		Nouvelle vague: El cine sin dogmas as Self
2000		Mai en décembre: Godard en Abitibi as Himself (voice)

1999

as Self (archive footage)

1998		Adieu au TNS as Self
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute as Self

1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
1997		We're All Still Here as The comedian man
1997		Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths as Self

1996

as (voice)

1995		2 x 50 Years of French Cinema as Himself
1995		JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December as Self

1993		The Children Play Russian as The idiot: Prince Mishkin
1993		Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1993		Hail, Sarajevo as Narrator

1992

as Self

1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
1989		Histoire(s) du cinéma (8 episodes) as Self
1989		Le Rapport Darty as Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot

1988

as Self

1987		Duras/Godard
1987		Keep Your Right Up as Idiot / Prince
1987		King Lear as Professor Pluggy (uncredited)

1986		Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
1986		Routine Pleasures as Himself (Archive photos)
1986		Meetin' WA as Self

1985		Godard / Sollers : L’entretien
1985		Soft and Hard as Himself

1984

(1 episode) as Self (uncredited)

1983		First Name: Carmen as Uncle Jeannot
1983		Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie' as Self

1982		Room 666 as Self
1982		Scénario du film Passion as Narrator / Self

1981		Cinématon XI as N°106
1981		Reporters as Self
1981		Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) as Self

1980

as As Himself

1979

as Self (archive footage)

1978

as N°106

1977

1976		Here and Elsewhere as Narrator (voice)
1976		Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication (12 episodes) as Himself
1976		How's It Going?
1976		Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication

1975		Né
1975		Numéro deux as Himself (uncredited)
1975		Apostrophes (1 episode) as Self

1972

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1971		1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie) as Self
1971		Vladimir and Rosa as Vladimir Lenin (uncredited)

1970		Wind from the East as (uncredited)
1970		Pravda as (voice)
1970		Godard in America as Himself

1969		The Joy of Learning as Narrator (voice)
1969		Willing as Self (uncredited)
1969		Qu’est-ce que la mise en scène - Jean-Luc Godard
1969		Voices as Himself

1968

as Himself

1967		Far from Vietnam as himself
1967		Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 as Self
1967		2 or 3 Things I Know About Her as Narrator (voice)
1967		The Dinosaur and the Baby as Himself
1967		Made in U.S.A as Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)
1967		Civilisation: L'homme et les images

1966		The Defector as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
1966		Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson as Self

1965

(2 episodes) as Self

1964		The Married Woman as The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1964		Paparazzi as Himself
1964		Band of Outsiders as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1964		La nouvelle vague par elle-même as Self
1964		Le Parti des choses: Bardot et Godard as Himself

1963		Contempt as Lang's Assistant Director
1963		Scheherazade as Handwalker
1963		The Lovely Month of May as Self (uncredited)
1963		Le Petit Soldat as Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

1962		Vivre Sa Vie as The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)
1962		Sun in Your Eyes
1962		The Sign of Leo as Le Mélomane (uncredited)
1962		Cléo from 5 to 7 as L'Homme aux Lunettes Noires / Actor in Silent Film
1962		Petit Jour as Self

1961		Paris Belongs to Us as Hans Lucas
1961		Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak as Walter
1961		A Story of Water as Narrator
1961		The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge as L'homme aux lunettes noires

1960

as The Snitch

1958		Charlotte and Her Boyfriend as Jules (voice) (uncredited)
1958		Operation Concrete as Narrator (voice)

1956		Fool's Mate as Party guest (uncredited)
1956		Cinépanorama (2 episodes) as Self
1956		The Kreutzer Sonata as Ami Journaliste

1955

as The Man Who Looks at the Balcony (uncredited)

1950		The Glass Castle as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)
1950		The Quadrille as Self

1948

(2 episodes) as Self

Writing

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… Screenplay

2023

… Writer

2020

… Writer

2019

… Writer

2018

… Writer

2014		Goodbye to Language … Writer
2014		Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux … Writer

2013		The Three Disasters … Writer
2013		3x3D … Writer

2012

… Screenplay

2010

… Screenplay

2008

… Screenplay

2006		Vrai faux passeport … Screenplay
2006		Four Short Films … Writer
2006		Ecce Homo … Screenplay

2004		Notre Musique … Writer
2004		Prayers for Refuseniks … Writer

2002

… Writer

2001

… Writer

2000		The Old Place … Writer
2000		Origins of the 21st Century … Writer

1998		Adieu au TNS … Writer
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us … Writer
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe … Writer
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave … Writer
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute … Writer

1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty … Writer
1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema … Writer

1996		For Ever Mozart … Writer
1996		Plus oh ! … Screenplay
1996		What's Wrong With The World … Screenplay

1995

… Writer

1993		Oh, Woe Is Me … Writer
1993		The Children Play Russian … Writer
1993		Hail, Sarajevo … Writer

1991		Germany Year 90 Nine Zero … Writer
1991		Nike Air Max 180 … Writer

1990

… Writer

1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story … Writer
1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories … Writer

1988		The Power of Speech … Writer
1988		On s'est tous défilé … Writer
1988		Les Gaulois … Writer

1987		Keep Your Right Up … Screenplay
1987		King Lear … Writer

1986

… Writer

1985		Detective … Screenplay
1985		Hail Mary … Writer
1985		Soft and Hard … Writer

1984

(1 episode) … Screenplay

1982

… Writer

1981		Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) … Writer
1981		An All Round Maid … Screenplay

1976		Here and Elsewhere … Writer
1976		How's It Going? … Writer

1975

… Writer

1972		Letter to Jane … Writer
1972		Tout Va Bien … Screenplay

1971		Schick After Shave … Writer
1971		Struggle in Italy … Writer
1971		Vladimir and Rosa … Writer

1970		Wind from the East … Writer
1970		British Sounds … Writer
1970		Pravda … Writer

1969		The Joy of Learning … Writer
1969		Love and Anger … Writer

1968		A Film Like Any Other … Writer
1968		Sympathy for the Devil … Writer

1967		Weekend … Screenplay
1967		La Chinoise … Writer
1967		The Oldest Profession … Writer
1967		2 or 3 Things I Know About Her … Writer
1967		Made in U.S.A … Writer

1966

… Writer

1965		Pierrot le Fou … Writer
1965		Six in Paris … Writer
1965		Alphaville … Screenplay

1964		The Married Woman … Screenplay
1964		Le Grand Escroc … Writer
1964		Band of Outsiders … Screenplay

1963		Contempt … Screenplay
1963		Les carabiniers … Writer
1963		Ro.Go.Pa.G. … Screenplay
1963		Le Petit Soldat … Writer

1962

… Writer

1961		A Woman Is a Woman … Writer
1961		A Story of Water … Writer

1960

… Screenplay

1958		Charlotte and Her Boyfriend … Writer
1958		Operation Concrete … Writer

1955

… Writer

Editing

—

(12 episodes) … Editor

2023

… Editor

2019

… Editor

2018

… Editor

2015

… Editor

2012

… Editor

2010

… Editor

2008

… Editor

2004		Notre Musique … Editor
2004		Prayers for Refuseniks … Editor

2002

… Editor

2000		The Old Place … Editor
2000		Origins of the 21st Century … Editor

1998		Adieu au TNS … Editor
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us … Editor
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe … Editor
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave … Editor
1998		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute … Editor

1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty … Editor
1997		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema … Editor

1996		For Ever Mozart … Editor
1996		Plus oh ! … Editor
1996		What's Wrong With The World … Editor

1995		2 x 50 Years of French Cinema … Editor
1995		JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December … Editor

1993		Oh, Woe Is Me … Editor
1993		The Children Play Russian … Editor
1993		Hail, Sarajevo … Editor

1991		Germany Year 90 Nine Zero … Editor
1991		Nike Air Max 180 … Editor

1990

… Editor

1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story … Editor
1989		Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories … Editor

1987		Keep Your Right Up … Editor
1987		King Lear … Editor

1986

… Editor

1985

… Editor

1982

… Editor

1981

… Editor

1980

… Editor

1976

(1 episode) … Editor

1971		Schick After Shave … Editor
1971		Struggle in Italy … Editor
1971		Vladimir and Rosa … Editor

1970		Wind from the East … Editor
1970		Pravda … Editor

1968

… Editor

1962

… Editor

1961

… Editor

1958		Charlotte and Her Boyfriend … Editor
1958		Operation Concrete … Editor

1955

… Editor

Production

1998

… Producer

1997

… Producer

1996		Plus oh ! … Producer
1996		What's Wrong With The World … Producer

1995

… Producer

1987

… Producer

1985

… Executive Producer

1980

… Producer

1976		Here and Elsewhere … Producer
1976		How's It Going? … Producer

1956

… Producer

Camera

1998

… Director of Photography

1971

… Director of Photography

1968

… Director of Photography

1955

… Director of Photography

Creator

—

… Creator

1976

… Creator

Crew

1992

… Thanks

Art

1961

… Title Designer

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