Born in 1930, Jean-Luc Godard became acquainted, while at university, with Claude Chabrol, Francois Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, forming part of a group of passionate young film critics writing in Cahiers du Cinéma, and film-makers devoted to exploring new possibilities in cinema. A bout de souffle (Breathless) (1959) was his first feature. Made on a shoe-string budget, it was spontaneous, vibrant and ground breakingly original. From then until 1967/8 was loosely his first period when he made an astonishing number of films, sometimes 3 a year. From 68 Godard was very involved in political film-making, and then made a series of programmes for French TV in the mid and late 70’s. With Sauve qui peut (la vie) or Slow Motion, Godard could be said to start a 3rd period through the 80’s. In the 90’s he started more formal experimentation, specifically with his long series Histoire(s) du Cinéma. His films have influenced film-makers as diverse as Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Jim Jarmusch, Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino and Wong Kar-Wai. His latest film, Film Socialisme, received its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) to great acclaim. Jean-Luc Godard was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2010.
Movie | Godard by Godard | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-17 |
Movie | Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars | Self/Narrator | 2023-12-15 |
Movie | Godard Cinema | Self | 2023-06-05 |
Movie | Say God Bye | Self (JLG) | 2023-07-04 |
Movie | A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner | Self (archive footage) | 2021-02-24 |
Movie | Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte | 2021-05-10 | |
Movie | The Sparks Brothers | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-06-18 |
Movie | Anna Karina, Remember | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2020-06-13 |
Movie | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau | Self (archive footage) | 2019-05-07 |
Movie | Mireille Darc, la femme libre | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-24 |
Movie | Film catastrophe | himself | 2018-11-20 |
Movie | Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | Belmondo, le magnifique | Self (archive footage) | 2017-09-03 |
Movie | Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture | Self (archive footage) | 2016-05-12 |
Movie | A German Youth | (archive material) | 2015-02-07 |
Movie | Hitchcock/Truffaut | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-09-04 |
Movie | Goodbye to Language | Narrator (voice) | 2014-08-15 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | La rouge et la noire | Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited) | 2011-06-08 |
Movie | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-25 |
Movie | Two in the Wave | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-19 |
Movie | Accomplice | Himself | 2010-04-22 |
Movie | Memória Cubana | Self (archive footage) | 2010-09-27 |
Movie | Brunes et Blondes | Self | 2010-10-06 |
Movie | Marcel Ophuls et Jean-Luc Godard, La rencontre de St-Gervais | Self | 2010-12-08 |
Movie | JLG\PG | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | On the Trail of the New Wave | Self (archive footage) | 2009-03-14 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time… Contempt | Self | 2009-05-21 |
Movie | Back to Room 666 | Self (archive footage) | 2008-02-02 |
Movie | Four Short Films | Narrator | 2006-03-06 |
Movie | Filmmakers in Action | Self (archive footage) | 2006-09-15 |
Movie | I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth | 2005-04-14 | |
Movie | Our Music | Self | 2004-11-24 |
Movie | Marguerite as She Was | 2003-04-04 | |
Movie | Mai en décembre: Godard en Abitibi | Himself (voice) | 2000-02-26 |
Movie | Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas | Self | 2000-04-02 |
Movie | After the Reconciliation | Robert | 2000-12-27 |
Movie | Godard on TV: 1960-2000 | Self (archive footage) | 1999-12-06 |
Movie | Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths | Self | 1997-02-22 |
Movie | We're All Still Here | The Actor | 1997-03-19 |
Movie | Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema | Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice) | 1997-05-07 |
Movie | JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December | Self | 1995-03-08 |
Movie | Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 1993-05-27 |
Movie | The Children Play Russian | The idiot: Prince Mishkin | 1993-08-08 |
Movie | The Darty Report | Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot | 1989-01-01 |
Series | Histoire(s) du cinéma | Self | 1989-05-07 |
Movie | Jean-Luc Godard interview by Serge Daney | Self | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Keep Your Right Up | Idiot / Prince | 1987-09-19 |
Movie | King Lear | Professor Pluggy | 1987-09-15 |
Movie | Meetin' WA | Self | 1986-04-23 |
Movie | Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company | Self (uncredited) | 1986-08-28 |
Movie | Godard / Sollers : L’entretien | 1985-04-17 | |
Movie | Soft and Hard | Self | 1985-08-12 |
Movie | First Name: Carmen | Uncle Jeannot | 1983-09-04 |
Movie | Room 666 | Self | 1982-06-01 |
Movie | Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) | Self | 1981-02-03 |
Movie | Cinématon XI | N°106 | 1981-05-14 |
Movie | Reporters | Self | 1981-06-10 |
Movie | France/Tour/Detour/Deux/Enfants | Robert Linard | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | ORG | Self (archive footage) | 1979-08-31 |
Series | France/tour/détour/deux/enfants | Robert Linard (uncredited) | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | How's It Going? | Union Member (voice) | 1978-04-26 |
Movie | Cinématon | N°106 | 1978-12-20 |
Movie | Little Godard | The Guest | 1978-06-08 |
Movie | Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication | Self | 1976-03-12 |
Movie | Here and Elsewhere | Narrator (voice) | 1976-09-15 |
Movie | Number Two | Self (uncredited) | 1975-09-24 |
Movie | Né | 1975-11-05 | |
Movie | Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1974-04-11 |
Movie | 1 P.M. | Self | 1971-06-08 |
Movie | Vladimir and Rosa | Vladimir Lenin (uncredited) | 1971-04-16 |
Movie | Godard in America | Himself | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | Wind from the East | Self (uncredited) | 1970-08-19 |
Movie | Pravda | (voice) | 1970-05-21 |
Movie | Willing | Self (uncredited) | 1969-03-10 |
Movie | Le Gai Savoir | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1969-07-12 |
Movie | The Dinosaur and the Baby | Self | 1967-03-15 |
Movie | 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her | Narrator (voice) | 1967-03-17 |
Movie | Made in U.S.A | Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited) | 1967-01-27 |
Movie | Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 | Self | 1967-05-30 |
Movie | Far from Vietnam | Self (segment "Camera Eye") | 1967-10-18 |
Movie | Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson | Self | 1966-05-11 |
Movie | The Defector | Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited) | 1966-10-19 |
Movie | Carl Th. Dreyer | Self (uncredited) | 1966-11-14 |
Movie | La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même | Self | 1964-05-19 |
Movie | Band of Outsiders | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1964-08-05 |
Movie | The Married Woman | The Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1964-12-04 |
Movie | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited) | 1964-08-14 |
Movie | Paparazzi | Himself | 1964-09-22 |
Movie | The Lovely Month of May | Self (uncredited) | 1963-05-01 |
Movie | Le Petit Soldat | Man at Railway Station (uncredited) | 1963-01-25 |
Movie | Scheherazade | Handwalker | 1963-05-10 |
Movie | Contempt | Lang's Assistant Director | 1963-10-29 |
Movie | Petit Jour | Self | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Cléo from 5 to 7 | The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film | 1962-04-11 |
Movie | Sun in Your Eyes | 1962-06-22 | |
Movie | Sign of the Lion | Le Mélomane (uncredited) | 1962-05-03 |
Movie | Vivre Sa Vie | The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited) | 1962-09-20 |
Movie | The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge | Man with the Black Glasses | 1961-01-01 |
Movie | Paris Belongs to Us | Hans Lucas | 1961-12-13 |
Movie | Breathless | The Snitch | 1960-03-16 |
Movie | The 400 Blows | (voice)(uncredited) | 1959-06-03 |
Movie | Charlotte and Her Boyfriend | Jules (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-12-31 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | Fool's Mate | Party guest (uncredited) | 1956-11-01 |
Movie | The Quadrille | Self | 1950-08-24 |
Movie | The Glass Castle | Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited) | 1950-12-16 |