Jean-Luc Godard
Biography
Jean-Luc Godard was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. Born in Paris, France on December 3, 1930, he became known for his work in directing and amassed 298 known credits. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement and was regarded as arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era. Godard passed away on September 13, 2022, at the age of 91. Throughout his life and career, he was also known by the variant name Jean Luc Godar.
Career overview
Jean-Luc Godard was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic who was born in Paris, France, on December 3, 1930. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement and is regarded as arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era.
During his career, Godard accumulated 298 known credits primarily for directing. His professional life spanned several decades, culminating with his death on September 13, 2022, at the age of 91.
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- Identidade (2026) as Jean-Luc Godard (Imagens de Arquivo)
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Determination (2026) as Self (archival footage)
- Test footage filmed on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s One from the Heart (2026) Director
- Notre musique / Séquence 23 (2026) as Self
- One Hero, The People (2026) as Self (archive footage)
- From Darkness to Light (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Noises From The Agora (2025) as Self
- The Story of "Scénario" (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- The Story of "Scénario" (2025) Director
- Sang titre (2025) Writer
- Sang titre (2025) Director
- Sang titre (2025) Editor
- Being Bo Widerberg (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- The Wild Palms (2025) Writer
- The Death of Jean-Luc Godard (2025)
- Scénarios (2024) as Self
- Scénarios (2024) Director
- Scénarios (2024) Writer
- Death (2024) as Self (voice)
- Only Godard (2024) as Self
- Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario" (2024) as Self
- Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario" (2024) Director
- Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario" (2024) Editor
- Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario" (2024) Writer
- Godard by Godard (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- The Staircase Wall (2023) as Self (voice, archive footage)
- Godard Cinema (2023) as Self
- Lila (2023) as Self
- Godard Is Here (2023) as Self
- Say God Bye (2023) as Self (JLG)
- Full Metal Kuleshov Effect (2023) as Self
- Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (2023) as Self/Narrator
- Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (2023) Writer
- Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (2023) Director
- Alianças Profanas (2022) as Self
- See You Friday, Robinson (2022) as Self
- G(ode)ard (2022) as JLG
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
- Godard Etkisi (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- 86 printemps, Jean-Luc Godard (2021) as Self
- Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- La última gira (2021) Thanks
- Iter (2020) as Self
- Printtemps (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Anna and the Jellyfish (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Anna Karina, Remember (2020) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Film catastrophe (2018) as Self
- The Image Book (2018) as Narrator (voice)
- The Image Book (2018) Writer
- The Image Book (2018) Director
- The Image Book (2018) Editor
- Mireille Darc, la femme libre (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Official Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF (2018)
- Official Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF (2018) Director
- Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView (2018) as Self
- Belmondo, le magnifique (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Faces Places (2017) as Self
- Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum (2017) as Self(archive footage)
- Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette (2017) as Self
- Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive (2015) as Self
- Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive (2015) Editor
- Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive (2015) Director
- A Weekend at the Beach (2015) as Self
- A German Youth (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux (2014) as Narrator (voice)
- Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux (2014) Writer
- Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux (2014) Director
- Goodbye to Language (2014) as Narrator (voice)
- Goodbye to Language (2014) Director
- Goodbye to Language (2014) Writer
- Goodbye to Language (2014) Editor
- Goodbye to Language (2014) Sound
- The Bridge of Sighs (2014) as Narrator (voice)
- The Bridge of Sighs (2014) Director
- The Bridge of Sighs (2014) Writer
- The Bridges of Sarajevo (2014) Director
- Carottage (2013) as self
- Bardot, The Misunderstanding (2013)
- The Three Disasters (2013) as Narrator
- The Three Disasters (2013) Writer
- The Three Disasters (2013) Director
- 3x3D (2013) Director
- 3x3D (2013) Writer
- Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- JDP/JLG 1963-2012 (2012) as Himself
- 20 Little Films (2012) Director
- Freddy Buache, le cinéma (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- The Bardot mystery (2012)
- Quod Erat Demonstrandum (2012) as Self
- Quod Erat Demonstrandum (2012) Screenplay
- Quod Erat Demonstrandum (2012) Editor
- Close Up (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- La rouge et la noire (2011) as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
- Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais (2011) as Self
- Film Socialisme (2010) Screenplay
- Film Socialisme (2010) Director
- Film Socialisme (2010) Editor
- Brunes et Blondes (2010) as Self
- Conversation with JLG (2010) as Self
- Tribute to Eric Rohmer (2010) as Self (uncredited)
- Tribute to Eric Rohmer (2010) Director
- Ensemble et séparés : sept rendez-vous avec Jean-Luc Godard (2010) as Self
- Two in the Wave (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Accomplice (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings (2010) as Self
- Memória Cubana (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- JLG\PG (2009) as Self
- Fragments of Conversations with Jean-Luc Godard (2009) as Self
- On the Trail of the New Wave (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Deuses de Mentira (2009) as (Archive Sound)
- Once Upon a Time… Contempt (2009) as Self
- Journal des réalisateurs (2008) Director
- Journal des réalisateurs (2008) Writer
- Back to Room 666 (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Filmmakers in Action (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) (2006) as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) (2006) Director
- Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) (2006) Writer
- Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) (2006) Director of Photography
- Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) (2006) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty (2006) as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty (2006) Director
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty (2006) Writer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty (2006) Editor
- Four Short Films (2006) as Self - Narrator
- Four Short Films (2006) Director
- Four Short Films (2006) Writer
- Ecce Homo (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Ecce Homo (2006) Director
- Ecce Homo (2006) Writer
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006) Director
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave (2006) as Self (uncredited)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave (2006) Writer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave (2006) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave (2006) Director
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute (2006) as Self (uncredited)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute (2006) Writer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute (2006) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute (2006) Director
- Vrai faux passeport (2006) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Vrai faux passeport (2006) Director
- Vrai faux passeport (2006) Screenplay
- Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma (2006) as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
- Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma (2006) Director
- Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma (2006) Writer
- Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma (2006) Editor
- Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma (2006) Producer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe (2006) as Self (uncredited)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe (2006) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe (2006) Writer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe (2006) Director
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema (2006) as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema (2006) Director
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema (2006) Writer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema (2006) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us (2006) as Self (uncredited)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us (2006) Writer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us (2006) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us (2006) Director
- Mag Bodard, un destin (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Brève rencontre avec Jean-Luc Godard ou le cinéma comme métaphore (2005) as Self
- Prayers for Refuseniks (2004) Director
- Prayers for Refuseniks (2004) Writer
- Prayers for Refuseniks (2004) Editor
- Their First Films (2004) Director
- Notre Musique (2004) as Self
- Notre Musique (2004) Director
- Notre Musique (2004) Writer
- Notre Musique (2004) Editor
- The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin (2004) as Self
- Marguerite as She Was (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Heart of the Festival (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002) Director
- Liberty and Homeland (2002) Editor
- Liberty and Homeland (2002) Director
- Liberty and Homeland (2002) Writer
- In the Darkness of Time (2002) Director
- Léaud l'unique (2001) as Self - filmmaker
- In Praise of Love (2001) Director
- In Praise of Love (2001) Writer
- Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen! (2001) as Self
- Jean Cocteau, cinéaste (2001) as Self
- The Old Place (2000) as Self / Narrator (voice)
- The Old Place (2000) Director
- The Old Place (2000) Writer
- The Old Place (2000) Editor
- After the Reconciliation (2000) as Robert
- Origins of the 21st Century (2000) Director
- Origins of the 21st Century (2000) Editor
- Origins of the 21st Century (2000) Writer
- Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000) as Self
- Mai en décembre: Godard en Abitibi (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Godard on TV: 1960-2000 (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- Adieu au TNS (1998) as Self
- Adieu au TNS (1998) Director
- Adieu au TNS (1998) Director of Photography
- Adieu au TNS (1998) Editor
- Adieu au TNS (1998) Producer
- Adieu au TNS (1998) Writer
- Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths (1997) as Self
- Inside/Out (1997) Producer
- We're All Still Here (1997) as The Actor
- Espoir/Microcosmos (1996) Director
- For Ever Mozart (1996) as Man pretending to play soccer (uncredited)
- For Ever Mozart (1996) Writer
- For Ever Mozart (1996) Director
- For Ever Mozart (1996) Editor
- What's Wrong With The World (1996) as (voice)
- What's Wrong With The World (1996) Producer
- What's Wrong With The World (1996) Editor
- What's Wrong With The World (1996) Screenplay
- What's Wrong With The World (1996) Director
- JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995) as Self (uncredited)
- JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995) Director
- JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995) Writer
- JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995) Editor
- JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995) Producer
- Paradjanov, le dernier collage (1995) as Self
- 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (1995) as Self (uncredited)
- 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (1995) Director
- 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (1995) Editor
- Moving Pictures (1994) as Self
- Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud (1994)
- Eurotrash (1993)
- Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993) Director
- Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993) Writer
- Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993) Editor
- Oh, Woe Is Me (1993) Writer
- Oh, Woe Is Me (1993) Director
- Oh, Woe Is Me (1993) Editor
- The Children Play Russian (1993) as Prince Mishkin, the Idiot
- The Children Play Russian (1993) Director
- The Children Play Russian (1993) Writer
- The Children Play Russian (1993) Editor
- Hail, Sarajevo (1993) as Narrator (voice)
- Hail, Sarajevo (1993) Director
- Hail, Sarajevo (1993) Editor
- Hail, Sarajevo (1993) Writer
- Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède (1993) as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- How Are The Kids? (1992) Director
- Antigone (1992) Thanks
- Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992) as Self
- The King of Ads (1991) Director
- Lest We Forget (1991) Director
- For Thomas Wainggai (1991) Director
- The Childhood of Art (1990) Director
- The Childhood of Art (1990) Writer
- The Childhood of Art (1990) Editor
- Mondo Weirdo (1990) Thanks
- Nouvelle Vague (1990) Director
- Nouvelle Vague (1990) Writer
- Nouvelle Vague (1990) Editor
- Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989) as Self
- Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989) Director
- Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989) Writer
- Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989) Editor
- The Darty Report (1989) as Nathanael, the 2000 Year-Old Robot
- The Darty Report (1989) Director
- The Darty Report (1989) Writer
- The Darty Report (1989) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories (1989) as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories (1989) Director
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories (1989) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories (1989) Writer
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story (1989) as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story (1989) Director
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story (1989) Editor
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story (1989) Writer
- The French as Seen by… (1988) Director
- King Lear (1988) as Professor Pluggy
- King Lear (1988) Director
- King Lear (1988) Writer
- King Lear (1988) Editor
- King Lear (1988) Executive Producer
- The Power of Speech (1988) Director
- The Power of Speech (1988) Writer
- On s'est tous défilé (1988) Director
- On s'est tous défilé (1988) Writer
- On s'est tous défilé (1988) Editor
- The Last Word (1988) Director
- Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc Godard (1988) as Self
- Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc Godard (1988) Director
- Duras/Godard (1987) as Self
- Armide (1987) Director
- Aria (1987) Director
- Keep Your Right Up (1987) as Idiot / Prince
- Keep Your Right Up (1987) Director
- Keep Your Right Up (1987) Screenplay
- Keep Your Right Up (1987) Producer
- Keep Your Right Up (1987) Editor
- Meetin' WA (1986) as Self
- Meetin' WA (1986) Director
- Meetin' WA (1986) Editor
- Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986) as Self (uncredited)
- Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986) Director
- Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986) Writer
- Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986) Editor
- Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986) Producer
- Routine Pleasures (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- September September (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Detective (1985) Director
- Detective (1985) Screenplay
- Hail Mary (1985) Writer
- Hail Mary (1985) Director
- Room 666 (1985) as Self
- Soft and Hard (1985) as Self
- Soft and Hard (1985) Director
- Soft and Hard (1985) Writer
- Soft and Hard (1985) Editor
- Godard / Sollers : L’entretien (1985) as Self
- Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française (1985) as Self
- Série noire (1984) as Self (uncredited)
- Série noire (1984) Screenplay
- Série noire (1984) Director
- First Name: Carmen (1983) as Uncle Jeannot (uncredited)
- First Name: Carmen (1983) Director
- A Letter to Freddy Buache (1983) as Self (uncredited)
- A Letter to Freddy Buache (1983) Writer
- A Letter to Freddy Buache (1983) Director
- A Letter to Freddy Buache (1983) Editor
- Godard: History: Passion (1983) as Self
- Notes on Hail Mary (1983) as Self
- Notes on Hail Mary (1983) Director
- Notes on Hail Mary (1983) Writer
- Notes on Hail Mary (1983) Director of Photography
- Notes on Hail Mary (1983) Producer
- Scénario du film Passion (1982) as Narrator / Self
- Scénario du film Passion (1982) Director
- Scénario du film Passion (1982) Writer
- Godard's Passion (1982) Writer
- Godard's Passion (1982) Director
- Godard's Passion (1982) Editor
- To Alter the Image (1982) as The Idiot (uncredited)
- To Alter the Image (1982) Director
- To Alter the Image (1982) Writer
- To Alter the Image (1982) Editor
- Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario (1982) as Self
- Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario (1982) Director
- Sauve la vie (qui peut) (1981) Writer
- Reporters (1981) as Self
- Cinématon XI (1981) as N°106
- Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) (1981) as Self
- Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) (1981) Editor
- Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) (1981) Director