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
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
538
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-12-03 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Acting
2025
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario" as Not available2025
Was Ist Kino ? as Self (Archive Footage)2024
Scénarios as Self2024
Only Godard as Self2023
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars as Self/Narrator2023
Godard Cinema as Self2023
Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)2023
Say God Bye as Self (JLG)2023
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)2022
See You Friday, Robinson as Himself2021
The Sparks Brothers as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte as Not available2020
Anna Karina, Remember as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2020
Printtemps as Self (archival footage)2019
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau as Self (archive footage)2018
The Image Book as Narrator (voice)2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure as Self (archive footage)2018
Film catastrophe as himself2017
Faces Places as Self2017
Belmondo, le magnifique as Self (archive footage)2016
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture as Self (archive footage)2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2015
A German Youth as (archive material)2015
Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive as Himself2014
Goodbye to Language as Narrator (voice)2013
The Three Disasters as Narrator2012
Close Up as Self (archive footage)2011
La rouge et la noire as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde as Self (archive footage)2010
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings as Himself2010
Godard Made in USA as Self (archive footage)2010
Brunes et Blondes as Self2010
Accomplice as Himself (archive footage)2010
Memória Cubana as Self (archive footage)2009
On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)2009
Once Upon a Time… Contempt as Self2009
JLG\PG as Himself2008
Back to Room 666 as Self (archive footage)2006
Filmmakers in Action as Self (archive footage)2006
Ecce Homo as (voice)2006
Four Short Films as Narrator2005
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth as Not available2004
Notre Musique as Self2004
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin as Self2003
Marguerite as She Was as Not available2000
After the Reconciliation as Robert2000
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas as Self1999
Godard on TV: 1960-2000 as Self (archive footage)1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute as Self1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe as Not available1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave as Not available1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us as Not available1998
Adieu au TNS as Self1997
We're All Still Here as The Actor1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)1996
For Ever Mozart as Man pretending to play soccer (uncredited)1995
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December as Self1993
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède as Self (voice) (archive footage)1993
Hail, Sarajevo as Narrator1993
The Children Play Russian as The idiot: Prince Mishkin1992
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave as Self1989
Histoire(s) du cinéma as Self1989
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)1988
King Lear as Professor Pluggy1987
Keep Your Right Up as Idiot / Prince1987
Duras/Godard as Not available1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company as Self (uncredited)1986
Meetin' WA as Self1986
Routine Pleasures as Himself (Archive photos)1986
September September as (archive footage)1985
Soft and Hard as Self1984
Série noire as Self (uncredited)1983
First Name: Carmen as Uncle Jeannot (uncredited)1983
A Letter to Freddy Buache as Self (uncredited)1983
Godard: History: Passion as Self1982
Room 666 as Self1982
Scénario du film Passion as Narrator / Self1982
To Alter the Image as The Idiot (uncredited)1981
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) as Self1981
Reporters as Self1981
Cinématon XI as N°1061980
Godard 1980 as As Himself1979
France/tour/détour/deux/enfants as Robert Linard (uncredited)1979
ORG as Self (archive footage)1979
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children as Robert Linard1978
Cinématon as N°1061978
How's It Going? as Union Member (voice)1978
Little Godard as Guest1978
Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 10 as Not available1978
Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 1 as Not available1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication as Self1976
Here and Elsewhere as Narrator (voice)1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication as Self1975
Apostrophes as Self1975
Né as Not available1975
Number Two as Self (uncredited)1974
Spécial cinéma as Self1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1971
1 P.M. as Self1970
Wind from the East as Self (uncredited)1970
Godard in America as Himself1969
Voices as Self1969
Le Gai Savoir as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1969
Willing as Self (uncredited)1969
Qu’est-ce que la mise en scène - Jean-Luc Godard as Not available1968
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making as Himself1967
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her as Narrator (voice)1967
Made in U.S.A as Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)1967
Far from Vietnam as Self (segment "Camera Eye")1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby as Self1966
The Defector as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)1966
Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson as Self1965
Dim Dam Dom as Self1964
Band of Outsiders as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1964
The Married Woman as The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers as Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)1964
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self1964
Bardot et Godard as Self1964
Paparazzi as Self1963
Scheherazade as Handwalker1963
Contempt as Lang's Assistant Director1963
Le Petit Soldat as Man at Railway Station (uncredited)1963
The Lovely Month of May as Self (uncredited)1962
Cléo from 5 to 7 as The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film1962
Vivre Sa Vie as The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)1962
Sign of the Lion as Le Mélomane (uncredited)1962
Sun in Your Eyes as Not available1962
Petit Jour as Self1961
Paris Belongs to Us as Hans Lucas1961
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge as Man with the Black Glasses1961
A Story of Water as Narrator1960
Breathless as The Snitch1959
The 400 Blows as (voice)(uncredited)1958
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend as Jules (voice) (uncredited)1956
Cinépanorama as Self1956
The Kreutzer Sonata as Ami Journaliste1956
Fool’s Mate as Party guest (uncredited)1951
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak as Walter1950
The Glass Castle as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)1948
BAMBI Awards as SelfNaN
Noises From The Agora as Himself1955
A Flirtatious Woman as The Man Who Looks at the Balcony (uncredited)NaN
Lila as Not available1971
Vladimir and Rosa as Vladimir Lenin (uncredited)1958
Operation Concrete as Narrator (voice)1950
The Quadrille as SelfNaN
MORTEM IMAGINIS. as Godard2025
Para Todo Godard as (narrator) (Archive Footage)2024
For Jack, From Hell as Self (archive footage)2024
Death as Himself (voice)2024
Lovers as Self (archive footage)2023
Godard Is Here as Self2023
The Staircase Wall as Self (voice, archive footage)2023
Full Metal Kuleshov Effect as Himself2022
Alianças Profanas as Not available2021
Godard Etkisi as Archive Footage (Himself)2020
Iter as Self2020
Anna and the Jellyfish as Self (archive footage)2018
Mireille Darc, la femme libre as Self (archive footage)2018
Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF as Himself2017
Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette as Not available2014
Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux as Himself2012
Quod Erat Demonstrandum as Not available2012
Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed as Self (archive footage)2010
Two in the Wave as Self (archive footage)2010
Tribute to Eric Rohmer as Not available2010
Ensemble et séparés : sept rendez-vous avec Jean-Luc Godard as Lui-même2010
Conversation with JLG as Self2006
Vrai faux passeport as Not available2006
Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) as Not available2001
Blind Love – Talk with Jean-Luc Godard as Self2000
Mai en décembre: Godard en Abitibi as Himself (voice)1997
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths as Self1996
What's Wrong With The World as (voice)1995
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema as Himself1994
Moving Pictures as Self1994
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud as Not available1989
The Darty Report as Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot1988
Jean-Luc Godard interview by Serge Daney as Self1985
Godard / Sollers : L’entretien as Not available1985
Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française as Self1981
Cinématon n°106 : Jean-Luc Godard as Not available1978
Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 11 as Not available1968
Françoise et Udo... as Not available1968
One to One: Jean-Luc Godard Speaks as Himself1967
Civilisation: L'homme et les images as Not available1967
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 as Self1966
Carl Th. Dreyer as Self (uncredited)NaN
G(ode)ard as JLG1966
Zoom: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966 as Self1965
Cinema According to Jean-Luc as Not available1965
Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965 as SelfNaN
The Making of Jean Luc Godard's 'One Plus One' as SelfCrew
2025
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario" Editor2024
Scénarios Director2023
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars Director2020
Sang titre Writer2020
Sang titre Director2018
The Image Book Writer2018
The Image Book Director2013
The Three Disasters Writer2013
The Three Disasters Director2013
3x3D Writer2012
Quod Erat Demonstrandum Screenplay2012
20 Little Films Director2008
Journal des réalisateurs Director2004
Notre Musique Editor1998
Adieu au TNS Director of Photography1998
Adieu au TNS Editor1998
Adieu au TNS Producer1998
Adieu au TNS Writer1996
What's Wrong With The World Producer1996
What's Wrong With The World Editor1996
What's Wrong With The World Screenplay1996
Hope/Microcosmos Director1996
What's Wrong With The World Director1993
Hail, Sarajevo Editor1991
For Thomas Wainggai Director1988
The French as Seen by… Director1988
Le Dernier Mot Director1981
Sauve la vie (qui peut) Director1979
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children Editor1977
Dream On Director1971
Struggle in Italy Director1967
Weekend Writer1967
Far from Vietnam Writer1965
Pierrot le Fou Writer1965
Alphaville Writer1964
Le Grand Escroc Writer1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Director1964
The Married Woman Writer1962
La Paresse Director1962
Vivre Sa Vie Writer1962
The Seven Deadly Sins Screenplay1961
A Woman Is a Woman Title Designer1961
A Woman Is a Woman Writer1955
A Flirtatious Woman Director of PhotographyNaN
Histoire(s) du Cinéma ScreenplayNaN
Histoire(s) du Cinéma Director2025
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario" Director2025
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario" Writer2024
Scénarios Screenplay2023
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma Director2023
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma Writer2023
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma Editor2018
Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF Director2018
The Image Book Editor2014
Goodbye to Language Director2014
Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux Director2014
The Bridges of Sarajevo Director2014
Goodbye to Language Writer2014
Le Pont des soupirs Director2013
3x3D Director2012
Quod Erat Demonstrandum Editor2010
Film Socialisme Screenplay2010
Film Socialisme Director2010
Tribute to Eric Rohmer Director2010
Film Socialisme Editor2008
Une catastrophe Director2006
Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) Director2006
Ecce Homo Screenplay2006
Vrai faux passeport Director2006
Vrai faux passeport Screenplay2006
Ecce Homo Director2006
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) Director2006
Four Short Films Director2006
Four Short Films Writer2004
Notre Musique Director2004
Notre Musique Writer2004
Their First Films Director2004
Prayers for Refuseniks Director2004
Prayers for Refuseniks Writer2004
Prayers for Refuseniks Editor2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello Director2002
Liberty and Homeland Editor2002
Liberty and Homeland Director2002
In the Darkness of Time Director2002
Liberty and Homeland Writer2001
In Praise of Love Director2001
In Praise of Love Writer2000
The Old Place Director2000
Origins of the 21st Century Director2000
Origins of the 21st Century Editor2000
Origins of the 21st Century Writer2000
The Old Place Writer2000
The Old Place Editor1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave Writer1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave Editor1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us Writer1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us Editor1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us Director1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe Director1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute Director1998
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave Director1998
Adieu au TNS Director1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty Director1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema Director1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema Writer1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema Editor1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty Writer1997
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty Editor1997
Inside/Out Producer1996
For Ever Mozart Writer1996
For Ever Mozart Director1996
Plus oh ! Screenplay1996
Plus oh ! Producer1996
Plus oh ! Director1996
Plus oh ! Editor1996
For Ever Mozart Editor1995
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December Director1995
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December Writer1995
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema Director1995
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema Editor1995
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December Editor1995
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December Producer1993
Oh, Woe Is Me Writer1993
Oh, Woe Is Me Director1993
The Children Play Russian Director1993
The Children Play Russian Writer1993
Hail, Sarajevo Director1993
The Children Play Russian Editor1993
Hail, Sarajevo Writer1993
Oh, Woe Is Me Editor1993
How Are The Kids? Director1992
L'Enfance de l'art Director1992
Antigone Thanks1991
Against Oblivion Director1991
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Director1991
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Writer1991
180 Director1991
The King of Ads Director1991
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Editor1990
Nouvelle Vague Director1990
Nouvelle Vague Writer1990
Nouvelle Vague Editor1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story Director1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories Director1989
The Darty Report Director1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories Editor1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories Writer1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story Editor1989
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story Writer1989
Histoire(s) du cinéma Director1988
King Lear Director1988
King Lear Writer1988
The Power of Speech Director1988
King Lear Editor1988
On s'est tous défilé Director1988
On s'est tous défilé Writer1988
The Power of Speech Writer1988
Jean-Luc Godard interview by Serge Daney Director1988
Closed Director1987
Armide Director1987
Keep Your Right Up Director1987
Aria Director1987
Keep Your Right Up Screenplay1987
Keep Your Right Up Producer1987
Keep Your Right Up Editor1987
Closed Jeans Director1986
Meetin' WA Director1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Director1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Writer1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Editor1986
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Producer1986
Meetin' WA Editor1985
Hail Mary Writer1985
Hail Mary Director1985
Detective Director1985
Soft and Hard Director1985
Soft and Hard Writer1985
Soft and Hard Editor1985
Detective Screenplay1984
Série noire Screenplay1984
Série noire Director1983
First Name: Carmen Director1983
A Letter to Freddy Buache Writer1983
A Letter to Freddy Buache Director1983
Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie' Director1983
A Letter to Freddy Buache Editor1983
Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie' Director of Photography1983
Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie' Producer1982
Godard's Passion Writer1982
Godard's Passion Director1982
Scénario du film Passion Director1982
To Alter the Image Director1982
Godard's Passion Editor1982
To Alter the Image Writer1982
To Alter the Image Editor1982
Scénario du film Passion Writer1981
An All Round Maid Director1981
An All Round Maid Screenplay1981
An All Round Maid Editor1981
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) Director1980
Every Man for Himself Director1980
Every Man for Himself Producer1980
Every Man for Himself Editor1979
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie' Director1979
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children Director1979
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children Writer1979
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children Producer1979
France/tour/détour/deux/enfants Editor1979
France/tour/détour/deux/enfants Writer1979
France/tour/détour/deux/enfants Director1979
France/tour/détour/deux/enfants Producer1979
France/tour/détour/deux/enfants Creator1978
How's It Going? Director1978
How's It Going? Writer1978
How's It Going? Editor1978
How's It Going? Producer1977
Dream On Director of Photography1977
Dream On Editor1976
Here and Elsewhere Director1976
Here and Elsewhere Producer1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication Director1976
Here and Elsewhere Writer1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication Director1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication Editor1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication Writer1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication Producer1976
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication Creator1975
Number Two Director1975
Number Two Writer1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still Director1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still Writer1972
Tout Va Bien Director1972
Tout Va Bien Writer1971
Vladimir and Rosa Director1971
1 P.M. Director1971
Vladimir and Rosa Producer1971
1 P.M. Writer1971
1 P.M. Director of Photography1971
Vladimir and Rosa Editor1971
Vladimir and Rosa Writer1971
Struggle in Italy Editor1971
Struggle in Italy Writer1971
Vladimir and Rosa Director of Photography1971
Schick After Shave Director1971
Schick After Shave Writer1970
British Sounds Director1970
Wind from the East Director1970
Wind from the East Writer1970
Pravda Director1970
Wind from the East Editor1970
Pravda Writer1970
Pravda Editor1970
British Sounds Writer1969
Love and Anger Director1969
Le Gai Savoir Director1969
Le Gai Savoir Writer1969
Love and Anger Writer1969
Love and Anger: Love Director1969
Le Gai Savoir Producer1968
A Film Like Any Other Director1968
A Film Like Any Other Writer1968
Sympathy for the Devil Director1968
Sympathy for the Devil Writer1968
Film-Tract n° 1968 Director1968
Cinétracts Director1968
Film-Tract n° 1968 Producer1968
Film-Tract n° 1968 Director of Photography1968
A Film Like Any Other Director of Photography1968
A Film Like Any Other Editor1968
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil Director1968
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil Writer1967
La Chinoise Writer1967
La Chinoise Director1967
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Director1967
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Writer1967
Weekend Director1967
Far from Vietnam Director1967
Made in U.S.A Writer1967
Made in U.S.A Director1967
The Oldest Profession Director1967
The Oldest Profession Writer1966
Masculin Féminin Writer1966
Masculin Féminin Director1966
Masculin Féminin Producer1965
Pierrot le Fou Director1965
Alphaville Director1965
Six in Paris Director1965
Six in Paris Writer1965
Montparnasse et Levallois Director1964
Le Grand Escroc Director1964
Band of Outsiders Screenplay1964
Band of Outsiders Director1964
The Married Woman Director1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Writer1964
Reporting on Orly Writer1964
Reporting on Orly Director1963
Contempt Screenplay1963
Contempt Director1963
Le Petit Soldat Writer1963
The Carabineers Director1963
The Carabineers Writer1963
Le Petit Soldat Director1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G. Director1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G. Screenplay1963
The New World Director1962
Vivre Sa Vie Editor1962
Vivre Sa Vie Director1962
The Seven Deadly Sins Director1961
A Woman Is a Woman Director1961
A Story of Water Director1961
A Story of Water Editor1961
A Story of Water Writer1960
Breathless Director1960
Breathless Screenplay1959
All the Boys Are Called Patrick Director1959
The Chasers Writer1958
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend Director1958
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend Editor1958
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend Writer1958
Operation Concrete Director1958
Operation Concrete Writer1958
Operation Concrete Editor1956
The Kreutzer Sonata Producer1955
A Flirtatious Woman Director1955
A Flirtatious Woman Editor1955
A Flirtatious Woman Writer