Jean-Luc Godard


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Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris on December 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family. His father was a doctor who owned a private clinic, and his mother came from a preeminent family of Swiss bankers. During World War II Godard became a naturalized citizen of Switzerland and attended school in Nyons (Switzerland). ... See full bio »

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Pierrot le Fou Director
(1965)
(1960)
Le mépris Director
(1963)

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 2014 Cinétracts (Documentary) (segment "1, 7-10, 12-16, 23, 40", uncredited)
 2014 Ponts de Sarajevo (segment "Le pont des soupirs")
 2014 Khan Khanne (Short)
 2013 3x3D (segment "The Three Disasters")
 2010 Tribute to Éric Rohmer (Short)
 2008 Une catastrophe (Short)
 2006/I Ecce Homo (Short)
 2006 Four Short Films (Video documentary)
 2006 Reportage amateur Maquette expo (Documentary)
 2006 Vrai faux passeport (Documentary)
 2004 Prières pour Refusniks (Short)
 2004 Notre musique
 2002 Dans le noir du temps (Short)
 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment "Dans le noir du temps")
 2002 Liberté et patrie (Video short)
 2000 The Old Place (Documentary)
 2000 De l'origine du XXIe siècle (Short documentary)
 1989-1999 Histoire(s) du cinéma (TV Mini-Series documentary) (8 episodes)
- Le contrôle de l'univers (1999) ... (uncredited)
- La monnaie de l'absolu (1999) ... (uncredited)
- Fatale beauté (1994) ... (uncredited)
 1998 Adieu au TNS (Short)
 1996 Plus Oh! (Video short)
 1996 Espoir/Microcosmos (TV Short)
 1996 Le monde comme il ne va pas (TV Short)
 1995 Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
 1993 Je vous salue, Sarajevo (Video short)
 1993 Hélas pour moi (uncredited)
 1992 L'enfance de l'art (Short)
 1991 Contre l'oubli (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")
 1991 The King of Ads (Documentary) (segment "Closed Jeans/Marithé & François Girbaud commercial")
 1990 Comment vont les enfants (Documentary) (segment "L'enfance de l'art", uncredited)
 1990 Metamorphojean (Short)
 1990 Nouvelle vague (uncredited)
 1988 Closed (Short)
 1988 Les Français vus par (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
- Le dernier mot (1988)
 1988 On s'est tous défilé (Short)
 1988 Puissance de la parole (Short)
 1987 Closed Jeans (Short)
 1987 Soigne ta droite (as Monsieur Godard)
 1987 Aria (segment "Armide")
 1987 King Lear
 1986 Meetin' WA (Documentary short)
 1985 Soft and Hard (Documentary)
 1985 Détective
 1983 Visions (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
 1982 Lettre à Freddy Buache (Documentary short)
 1982 Passion
 1981 Sauve la vie (qui peut) (Documentary)
 1981 Une bonne à tout faire (Short)
 1977 Faut pas rêver (TV Short)
 1977 France/tour/detour/deux/enfants (TV Mini-Series documentary) (12 episodes)
- Rêve/Morale (1977)
- Pouvoir/Musique (1977)
- Roman/Economie (1977)
 1976 Ici et ailleurs (Documentary)
 1975 Numéro deux (Documentary)
 1972 Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (Documentary) (uncredited)
 1972 Tout va bien
 1971 Schick After Shave (Short)
 1971 1 P.M. (Documentary)
 1971 Vladimir et Rosa (uncredited)
 1971 Lotte in Italia (uncredited)
 1970 Le vent d'est (uncredited)
 1970 British Sounds (Documentary)
 1970 Pravda (Documentary) (uncredited)
 1969 Le gai savoir
 1969 Amore e rabbia (segment "L'Amore")
 1968 Film-Tract n° 1968 (Short)
 1968 Sympathy for the Devil (Documentary)
 1967 Week End
 1967 Loin du Vietnam (Documentary) (segment "Camera-Eye")
 1967 La chinoise
 1967 Le plus vieux métier du monde (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
 1966 Made in U.S.A (as JLG)
 1965 Paris vu par... (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
 1964 Reportage sur Orly (Documentary short)
 1964 Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (segment "Le Grand escroc", scenes deleted)
 1964 Bande à part (as Cinéma: JeanLuc Godard)
 1963 Le mépris
 1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G. (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
 1961 Les sept péchés capitaux (segment "La paresse")
 1961 Une histoire d'eau (Short)
 1960 Charlotte et son Jules (Short)
 1958 Opération 'Béton' (Documentary short)
 1955 Une femme coquette (Short) (as Hans Lucas)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial (France): Directed commercial for Parisienne cigarettes

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 32 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 5 Interviews | 34 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Cinéma | J.-L. Godard | JL Godard | Monsieur Godard | Godard | Jean-Luc Goddard | JLG | Jean-Luc | Hans Lucas | Moi même

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Personal Quote:

When you produce an image, be it of the past, the present or the future, you have to do away with two images each time to find the really good one. [May 2018] See more »

Trivia:

Rolle, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland (since 1978) See more »

Trademark:

[Jump-cuts] His À bout de souffle (1960) popularized the use of jump-cutting and ignoring the 180 degree line. See more »

Nickname:

JLG

Star Sign:

Sagittarius

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