Jean-Luc Godard

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-12-03 (92 years old)

Deathday

2022-09-13

Place of Birth

Paris, France

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.

Acting

1963

Contempt

as Lang's Assistant Director

1960

Breathless

as The Snitch

2017

Belmondo, le magnifique

as Self (archive footage)

1989

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

2023

Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

1989

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

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)

1976

Here and Elsewhere

as Narrator (voice)

2004

1983

First Name: Carmen

as Uncle Jeannot (uncredited)

1967

Far from Vietnam

as Self (segment "Camera Eye")

1986

Meetin' WA

as Self

1986

Routine Pleasures

as Himself (Archive photos)

2011

2023

2010

Two in the Wave

as Self (archive footage)

1961

A Story of Water

as Narrator

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

1987

Keep Your Right Up

as Idiot / Prince

1988

King Lear

as Professor Pluggy

2023

Godard by Godard

as Self (archive footage)

1969

Le Gai Savoir

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1961

Fiancés on the Bridge

as Man with the Black Glasses

1964

Band of Outsiders

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2023

Say God Bye

as Self (JLG)

1950

The Glass Castle

as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)

1971

Vladimir and Rosa

as Vladimir Lenin (uncredited)

1983

A Letter to Freddy Buache

as Self (uncredited)

1958

Operation Concrete

as Narrator (voice)

1969

Willing

as Self (uncredited)

1993

Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

1963

Scheherazade

as Handwalker

1975

Numéro deux

as Self (uncredited)

1978

How's It Going?

as Union Member (voice)

2020

Iter

as Self

2019

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

as Self (archive footage)

1985

1969

Voices

as Self

1978

1993

The Children Play Russian

as The idiot: Prince Mishkin

1978

Cinématon

as N°106

1956

The Kreutzer Sonata

as Ami Journaliste

1961

Paris Belongs to Us

as Hans Lucas

1986

September September

as (archive footage)

1989

The Darty Report

as Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot

1963

Le Petit Soldat

as Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

2023

1998

2020

Anna and the Jellyfish

as Self (archive footage)

2016

2021

Godard Etkisi

as Archive Footage (Himself)

2010

Memória Cubana

as Self (archive footage)

1959

The 400 Blows

as (voice)(uncredited)

1970

Wind from the East

as Self (uncredited)

2023

The Staircase Wall

as Self (voice, archive footage)

2015

A German Youth

as (archive material)

-

G(ode)ard

as JLG

1999

Godard on TV: 1960-2000

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Back to Room 666

as Self (archive footage)

2024

1997

2013

2017

1964

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

as Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)

1970

2024

Scénarios

as Self

1982

Scénario du film Passion

as Narrator / Self

1964

The Married Woman

as The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1981

Reporters

as Self

1964

Paparazzi

as Self

1993

Hail, Sarajevo

as Narrator

1962

Vivre Sa Vie

as The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)

1982

Room 666

as Self

1950

1958

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

as Jules (voice) (uncredited)

2011

La rouge et la noire

as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)

2024

Lovers

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Goodbye to Language

as Narrator (voice)

1979

ORG

as Self (archive footage)

1975

2015

Hitchcock/Truffaut

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018

The Image Book

as Narrator (voice)

1962

Petit Jour

as Self

1962

Cléo from 5 to 7

as The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film

2006

Filmmakers in Action

as Self (archive footage)

2018

2018

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

as Self (archive footage)

1964

2018

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

as Self (archive footage)

1971

1 P.M.

as Self

2009

JLG\PG

as Himself

2006

Four Short Films

as Narrator

2020

Anna Karina, Remember

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1963

The Lovely Month of May

as Self (uncredited)

2010

Godard Made in USA

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Accomplice

as Himself (archive footage)

1967

Made in U.S.A

as Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)

1966

The Defector

as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)

1980

Godard 1980

as As Himself

1981

Cinématon XI

as N°106

2009

On the Trail of the New Wave

as Self (archive footage)

1967

2020

Printtemps

as Self (archival footage)

1962

Sign of the Lion

as Le Mélomane (uncredited)

1955

A Flirtatious Woman

as The Man Who Looks at the Balcony (uncredited)

1956

Fool’s Mate

as Party guest (uncredited)

2021

The Sparks Brothers

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966

Carl Th. Dreyer

as Self (uncredited)

2024

Death

as Himself (voice)

1994

1996

For Ever Mozart

as Man pretending to play soccer (uncredited)

1982

To Alter the Image

as The Idiot (uncredited)

2006

Ecce Homo

as (voice)

2025

From Darkness to Light

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1963

Contempt

as Screenplay

1963

Contempt

as Director

1960

Breathless

as Director

1960

Breathless

as Screenplay

1962

Vivre Sa Vie

as Editor

1962

Vivre Sa Vie

as Director

1967

La Chinoise

as Writer

1967

La Chinoise

as Director

1965

Pierrot le Fou

as Director

1964

Le Grand Escroc

as Director

1966

1966

1965

Alphaville

as Director

1967

Weekend

as Director

1964

Band of Outsiders

as Screenplay

1964

1972

Tout Va Bien

as Director

1987

Armide

as Director

1961

1983

1982

1982

Godard's Passion

as Director

1990

Nouvelle Vague

as Director

1985

Hail Mary

as Writer

1985

Hail Mary

as Director

1976

1976

2004

Notre Musique

as Director

2004

Notre Musique

as Writer

1964

1967

Far from Vietnam

as Director

1967

Made in U.S.A

as Writer

1967

Made in U.S.A

as Director

1986

Meetin' WA

as Director

1970

British Sounds

as Director

1987

1961

A Story of Water

as Director

1968

1991

Against Oblivion

as Director

1969

Love and Anger

as Director

1988

King Lear

as Director

1988

King Lear

as Writer

1993

Oh, Woe Is Me

as Writer

1993

Oh, Woe Is Me

as Director

2001

1963

1963

The Carabineers

as Director

2001

1963

1985

Detective

as Director

1963

Le Petit Soldat

as Director

1968

1969

Le Gai Savoir

as Director

1969

Le Gai Savoir

as Writer

1965

Six in Paris

as Director

1962

2010

Film Socialisme

as Screenplay

2010

Film Socialisme

as Director

1971

1967

1963

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

as Director

1958

1958

1971

1 P.M.

as Director

1963

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

as Screenplay

2014

1975

Numéro deux

as Director

1975

Numéro deux

as Writer

1996

1996

For Ever Mozart

as Director

2004

2010

1988

1980

1980

1970

1970

1998

Adieu au TNS

as Director

1993

Hail, Sarajevo

as Director

1970

Pravda

as Director

2013

3x3D

as Director

2000

The Old Place

as Director

1988

King Lear

as Editor

1991

180

as Director

1988

1978

How's It Going?

as Director

1978

1982

1985

Soft and Hard

as Director

1985

Soft and Hard

as Writer

1985

Soft and Hard

as Editor

2002

1968

1992

1989

The Darty Report

as Director

2006

Ecce Homo

as Screenplay

1981

2006

2006

Vrai faux passeport

as Screenplay

1981

An All Round Maid

as Screenplay

2006

Ecce Homo

as Director

1968

Cinétracts

as Director

2004

2014

1969

1964

1998

Adieu au TNS

as Director of Photography

1998

Adieu au TNS

as Editor

1998

Adieu au TNS

as Producer

1998

Adieu au TNS

as Writer

1965

1955

A Flirtatious Woman

as Director of Photography

2012

1962

La Paresse

as Director

1955

2024

Scénarios

as Director

2004

Notre Musique

as Editor

1964

1977

Dream On

as Director

1965

Alphaville

as Writer

1996

Hope/Microcosmos

as Director

1991

1988

Le Dernier Mot

as Director

2013

2013

1971

1993

2020

Sang titre

as Writer

2018

2018

The Image Book

as Director

2020

Sang titre

as Director

1961

A Woman Is a Woman

as Title Designer

1961

1962

Vivre Sa Vie

as Writer

2012

20 Little Films

as Director

1967

Weekend

as Writer

1967

1962

2010

1993

2000

The Old Place

as Writer

2000

The Old Place

as Editor

2013

3x3D

as Writer

1969

1963

The New World

as Director

1968

1968

Film-Tract n° 1968

as Director of Photography

2008

Une catastrophe

as Director

1969

Le Gai Savoir

as Producer

1970

1965

Six in Paris

as Writer

1987

Aria

as Director

1961

2018

1991

The King of Ads

as Director

1971

1982

1971

1 P.M.

as Writer

1971

1 P.M.

as Director of Photography

1955

1955

1959

The Chasers

as Writer

1966

1964

1964

1972

Tout Va Bien

as Writer

1993

Oh, Woe Is Me

as Editor

1990

1981

1978

1971

1971

1986

Meetin' WA

as Editor

1988

1996

Plus oh !

as Screenplay

1996

Plus oh !

as Producer

1996

Plus oh !

as Director

1996

Plus oh !

as Editor

2014

1996

1961

2006

Four Short Films

as Director

1985

Detective

as Screenplay

1993

2006

1971

1970

Pravda

as Writer

1971

1970

Pravda

as Editor

1971

Vladimir and Rosa

as Director of Photography

1968

A Film Like Any Other

as Director of Photography

1970

1958

1987

Keep Your Right Up

as Screenplay

1976

1992

Antigone

as Thanks

1956

1987

1987

1978

How's It Going?

as Producer

1988

Closed

as Director

1987

Closed Jeans

as Director

1990

1997

Inside/Out

as Producer

1977

Dream On

as Director of Photography

1977

Dream On

as Editor

1982

1982

1971

1971

2024

Scénarios

as Writer

2014

1968

Actua 1

as Producer

1988

King Lear

as Executive Producer

1987

Closed Jeans

as Writer

1987

Closed Jeans

as Editor

1988

Closed

as Writer

1988

Closed

as Editor

1990

Metamorphojean

as Director

1990

1990

Metamorphojean

as Producer

1990

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