Jean-Luc Godard is remembered on screen for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Jean-Luc Godard as French and Swiss film director (1930–2022).
Jean-Luc Godard was born at 7th arrondissement of Paris in 1930. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at University of Paris.
This generation broke the studio mould - lighter cameras, location shooting, and directors who claimed authorship of the finished film.
Jean-Luc Godard is credited as film director, actor and screenwriter.
Among his best-known works are Contempt, Pierrot le Fou and Every Man for Himself. A film outlives its reviews, its budget and usually its studio; what remains is whether anyone still watches it.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Golden Lion (1983) and Honorary César (1998).
That the work was made from France shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Jean-Luc Godard died in 2022, aged 92. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Golden Lion — 1983
- Honorary César — 1998
- Notable work: Contempt
- Notable work: Pierrot le Fou
- Notable work: Every Man for Himself
- Notable work: Breathless
- Worked as film director, actor and screenwriter
