Jean-Luc Godard

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Jean-Luc Godard was a pioneering French-Swiss film director and key figure of the French New Wave, renowned for his radical innovations in cinematic form, narrative, and political engagement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French New Wave filmmaker
film critic
film director
human
producer
screenwriter
activeYearsInFilm 1950s–2010s
awardReceived César Award for Best Documentary Film
Golden Bear
Golden Lion
surface form: Golden Lion Honorary Award

Honorary Academy Award
Prix Jean Vigo
causeOfDeath voluntary assisted dying
countryOfCitizenship France
Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1930-12-03
dateOfDeath 2022-09-13
educatedAt Panthéon-Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
ethnicOrigin French
Swiss
familyName Jean-Luc Godard self-linksurface differs
surface form: Godard
fullName Jean-Luc Godard self-link
genre essay film
experimental film
political cinema
givenName Jean-Luc
influenced Jim Jarmusch
Martin Scorsese
Quentin Tarantino
Wong Kar-wai
influencedBy André Bazin
Jean Renoir
Roberto Rossellini
knownFor breaking the fourth wall
jump cuts
politically engaged filmmaking
self-reflexive cinema
languageOfWorkOrName French
mannerOfDeath assisted suicide
movement French New Wave
modernist cinema
notableIdea deconstruction of classical narrative cinema
notableWork Alphaville
Bande à part
Breathless
Film Socialisme
Goodbye to Language
Histoire(s) du cinéma
In Praise of Love
La Chinoise
Le Mépris
Notre musique
Pierrot le Fou
Vivre sa vie
Weekend
occupation film critic
film director
film editor
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Paris
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland
politicalAlignment Maoism
surface form: Maoism (1960s–1970s)

Marxism
residence Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland
surface form: Rolle, Switzerland
spouse Anna Karina
Anne Wiazemsky
Anne-Marie Miéville
workedAt Cahiers du Cinéma

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Jean-Luc Godard familyName Jean-Luc Godard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Godard
Jean-Luc Godard fullName Jean-Luc Godard self-link
French New Wave hasKeyFigure Jean-Luc Godard
Lycée Henri-IV hasNotableAlumni Jean-Luc Godard
Howard Hawks influenced Jean-Luc Godard
Roberto Rossellini influenced Jean-Luc Godard
Sergei Eisenstein influenced Jean-Luc Godard
Todd Haynes influencedBy Jean-Luc Godard
Theodor W. Adorno Award notableRecipient Jean-Luc Godard