Jean-Luc Godard

Personal Info

Birthday

December 3, 1930

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

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Jean-Luc Godard

Biography

Jean-Luc Godard (December 3, 1930 – September 13, 2022) 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

Breathless

Cléo from 5 to 7

The 400 Blows

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

Contempt

First Name: Carmen

Vivre Sa Vie

Band of Outsiders

Filmography

2025
The Story of "Scénario"
as Self
Sibyl
as (Archive footage)
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Death
as Himself (voice)
Scénarios
as Self
Only Godard
as Self
2023
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars
as Self/Narrator
The Staircase Wall
as Self (voice, archive footage)
Say God Bye
as Self (JLG)
Godard Cinema
as Self
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Is Here
as Self
Full Metal Kuleshov Effect
as Himself
2022
See You Friday, Robinson
as Himself
2021
Godard Etkisi
as Archive Footage (Himself)
2020
Printtemps
as Self (archival footage)
Anna and the Jellyfish
as Self (archive footage)
Anna Karina, Remember
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Iter
as Self
2019
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
Film catastrophe
as himself
The Image Book
as Narrator (voice)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
as Self (archive footage)
Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF
as Himself
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView
as Self
2017
Belmondo, le magnifique
as Self (archive footage)
Faces Places
as Self
2016
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
as Self (archive footage)
2015
A Weekend at the Beach
as Himself
Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive
as Himself
A German Youth
as (archive material)
2014
Goodbye to Language
as Narrator (voice)
Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux
as Himself
2013
The Three Disasters
as Narrator
2012
Freddy Buache, le cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
as Self (archive footage)
La rouge et la noire
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
as Self
2010
Godard Made in USA
as Self (archive footage)
Conversation with JLG
as Self
Brunes et Blondes
as Self
Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
Two in the Wave
as Self (archive footage)
Accomplice
as Himself (archive footage)
Ensemble et séparés : sept rendez-vous avec Jean-Luc Godard
as Lui-même
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
as Himself
2009
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
as Self
On the Trail of the New Wave
as Self (archive footage)
JLG\PG
as Himself
2008
Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Filmmakers in Action
as Self (archive footage)
Amateur Report (Exhibition Model)
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Four Short Films
as Narrator
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Ecce Homo
as (voice)
2005
Mag Bodard, un destin
as Self (archive footage)
Brève rencontre avec Jean-Luc Godard ou le cinéma comme métaphore
as Himself
2004
Notre Musique
as Self
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
as Self
2001
Blind Love – Talk with Jean-Luc Godard
as Self
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
as himself
2000
After the Reconciliation
as Robert
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
as Self
Mai en décembre: Godard en Abitibi
as Himself (voice)
1999
Godard on TV: 1960-2000
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Adieu au TNS
as Self
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
as Self
1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
We're All Still Here
as The Actor
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as Self
1996
For Ever Mozart
as Man pretending to play soccer (uncredited)
What's Wrong With The World
as (voice)
1995
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
as Himself
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December
as Self (uncredited)
1994
Moving Pictures
as Self
1993
The Children Play Russian
as The idiot: Prince Mishkin
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Hail, Sarajevo
as Narrator
1992
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
as Self
1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories
as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
The Darty Report
as Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot
1988
King Lear
as Professor Pluggy
Jean-Luc Godard interview by Serge Daney
as Self
1987
Keep Your Right Up
as Idiot / Prince
1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
as Self (uncredited)
Routine Pleasures
as Himself (Archive photos)
Meetin' WA
as Self
September September
as (archive footage)
1985
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française
as Self
Soft and Hard
as Self
1983
First Name: Carmen
as Uncle Jeannot (uncredited)
A Letter to Freddy Buache
as Self (uncredited)
Godard: History: Passion
as Self
Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie'
as Self
1982
Room 666
as Self
Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
as Self
To Alter the Image
as The Idiot (uncredited)
Scénario du film Passion
as Narrator / Self
1981
Reporters
as Self
Cinématon XI
as N°106
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
as Self
1980
Godard 1980
as As Himself
1979
ORG
as Self (archive footage)
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children
as Robert Linard
1978
Cinématon
as N°106
Little Godard
as Guest
How's It Going?
as Union Member (voice)
1976
Here and Elsewhere
as Narrator (voice)
1975
Né
as Self
Number Two
as Self (uncredited)
1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971
1 P.M.
as Self
Vladimir and Rosa
as Vladimir Lenin (uncredited)
1970
Wind from the East
as Self (uncredited)
Godard in America
as Himself
1969
Le Gai Savoir
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Willing
as Self (uncredited)
Voices
as Self
1968
One to One: Jean-Luc Godard Speaks
as Himself
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
as Himself
1967
Far from Vietnam
as Self (segment "Camera Eye")
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67
as Self
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
as Narrator (voice)
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Self
Made in U.S.A
as Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)
1966
Carl Th. Dreyer
as Self (uncredited)
Zoom: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966
as Self
The Defector
as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson
as Self
1965
Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965
as Self
1964
The Married Woman
as The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Paparazzi
as Self
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)
Band of Outsiders
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
as Self
Bardot et Godard
as Self
1963
Contempt
as Lang's Assistant Director
Scheherazade
as Handwalker
The Lovely Month of May
as Self (uncredited)
Le petit soldat
as Man at Railway Station (uncredited)
1962
Vivre Sa Vie
as The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)
Sign of the Lion
as Le Mélomane (uncredited)
Cléo from 5 to 7
as The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film
Petit Jour
as Self
1961
Paris Belongs to Us
as Hans Lucas
A Story of Water
as Narrator
Fiancés on the Bridge
as Man with the Black Glasses
1960
Breathless
as The Snitch
1959
The 400 Blows
as (voice)(uncredited)
1958
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend
as Jules (voice) (uncredited)
Operation Concrete
as Narrator (voice)
1956
Fool’s Mate
as Party guest (uncredited)
The Kreutzer Sonata
as Ami Journaliste
1955
A Flirtatious Woman
as The Man Who Looks at the Balcony (uncredited)
1951
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
as Walter
1950
The Glass Castle
as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)
The Quadrille
as Self