Jean-Luc Godard 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.
Godard first received global acclaim for his 1960 feature Breathless, helping to establish the New Wave movement. His work makes use of frequent homages and references to film history and often expressed his political views.
His film credits include Goodbye to Language, Film Socialisme, Éloge de l’amour, My Life to Live, The Little Soldier, Les Carabiniers and Contempt, Bande à part, Une femme mariée, Pierrot le Fou, et al.
In a 2002 Sight & Sound poll, Godard ranked third in the critics’ top ten directors of all time.
In 2010, Godard was awarded an Academy Honorary Award but did not attend the award ceremony.
Jean Godard died on September 13, 2022, at age 91 in Rolle, Switzerland, following an assisted suicide procedure.
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Jean -Luc Godard married three times but never revealed any details regarding his children.
His first marriage, in 1961, to Anna Karina, ended in divorce in 1964.
Godard then married Anne Wiazemsky from 1967 to 1979.
In 2010, he married Anne-Marie Miéville, who survives him.