Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Actor, Cinematographer
1930-2022. Jean-Luc Godard was born into a Franco-Swiss family and has been a Swiss national since 1953. He burst on to the international stage in 1960 with his first full-length feature À BOUT DE SOUFFLE (“Breathless”). The film, which stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, came to be considered a seminal masterpiece of the emerging Nouvelle Vague movement. With his unconventional ideas, subversion of traditional narrative structures and view of the world as a contemporary and critical observer of society, Godard frequently challenged his audience. His longstanding fascination with the relationship between images and words comes to the fore in his film ADIEU AU LANGAGE (“Goodbye to Language”), which premiered at Cannes in 2014 and which went on to win the Jury Prize. His last film THE IMAGE BOOK was in 2018 awarded with the Special Palme d'Or.
Jean-Luc Godard has made over 40 films and video experiments. His work enjoys international acclaim and has influenced generations of film makers. He has also had a long and prolific career as a film critic, regularly analysing both his own work and the output of others in the French-language film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2023
- Film annonce du film «Drôles de guerres» by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2018
- Le livre d'image by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2014
- Adieu au langage by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2014
- Les ponts de Sarajevo by Ursula Meier, Jean-Luc Godard, Angela Schanelec, Aida Begic, Cristi Puiu, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Vladimir Perisic, Marc Recha, Teresa Villaverde
- 2010
- Film Socialisme by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2004
- Notre musique by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2002
- Liberté et Patrie by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2001
- Eloge de l'amour by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1999
- The Old Place by Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
- 1996
- For ever Mozart by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1995
- Deux fois cinquante ans de cinéma français by Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
- 1995
- 2x50ans de cinéma français by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1994
- JLG/JLG - Autoportrait de décembre by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1993
- Les enfants jouent à la Russie by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1993
- Hélas pour moi by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1991
- Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1990
- Nouvelle vague by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1988
- Histoire(s) du cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1987
- Soigne ta droite by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1987
- King Lear by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1986
- Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1985
- Je vous salue Marie by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1985
- Détective by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1983
- Prénom Carmen by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1982
- Passion by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1982
- Lettre à Freddy Buache by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1980
- Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1978
- France-tour-détour-deux enfants by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1976
- Six fois deux by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1975
- Numéro deux by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1974
- Ici et ailleurs by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1971
- Tout va bien by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1969
- Le vent d'est by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1967
- Week-end by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1966
- Masculin-féminin by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1966
- Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1965
- Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1965
- Pierrot le Fou by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1964
- Bande à part by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1963
- Les carabiniers by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1963
- Le mépris by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1962
- Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1961
- Charlotte et son Jules by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1961
- Une femme est une femme by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1960
- A bout de souffle by Jean-Luc Godard
Screenwriter
- 2018
- Le livre d'image by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2014
- Adieu au langage by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2010
- Film Socialisme by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2004
- Notre musique by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2001
- Eloge de l'amour by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1996
- For ever Mozart by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1995
- Deux fois cinquante ans de cinéma français by Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
- 1987
- Soigne ta droite by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1986
- Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1985
- Je vous salue Marie by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1980
- Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard
Cinematographer
- 2018
- Le livre d'image by Jean-Luc Godard
Editor
- 2018
- Le livre d'image by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2014
- Adieu au langage by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2004
- Notre musique by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2001
- Eloge de l'amour by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1996
- For ever Mozart by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1995
- Deux fois cinquante ans de cinéma français by Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
- 1987
- Soigne ta droite by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1986
- Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard
- 1980
- Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard
Actor
- 2023
- Say God Bye by Thomas Imbach
- 2004
- Notre musique by Jean-Luc Godard
- 2000
- Après la réconciliation by Anne-Marie Miéville
- 1999
- Berlin-Cinéma by Samira Gloor-Fadel
- 1997
- Nous sommes tous encore ici by Anne-Marie Miéville
- 1987
- Soigne ta droite by Jean-Luc Godard
Awards
(a selection)
- 2015
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2015, Swiss Film Award, Honorary Award (Winner)
- 2019
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2019, Swiss Film Award, Best Film Editing (Nomination) in Le livre d'image
- 2015
- Genève, Swiss Film Award Quartz 2015, Honorary Award (Winner)