Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as FranΓ ...
was a French-Swiss
film director
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,
screenwriter
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and
film editor
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whose career spanned nearly seventy years. He directed, wrote, produced and edited many films. The following attempts to be a comprehensive filmography.
Early short films: 1955β1959
First wave ''(
Nouvelle Vague
French New Wave (french: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of iconocla ...
''): 1959β1967
Feature films
Short films
Dziga Vertov Group
The Dziga Vertov Group (french: Groupe Dziga Vertov) was formed around 1969 by politically active filmmakers including Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. Their films are defined primarily for Brechtian forms, Marxist ideology, and a lack of per ...
/political films: 1968β1972
Although Godard and
Jean-Pierre Gorin
Jean-Pierre Gorin (born 17 April 1943) is a French filmmaker and professor, best known for his work with ''French New Wave, Nouvelle Vague'' luminary Jean-Luc Godard, during what is often referred to as Godard's "radical" period.
Jean-Pierre Go ...
were the principal creative forces behind these films, they usually went without on-screen credit. Most of the films from this time period were credited to the
Dziga Vertov Group
The Dziga Vertov Group (french: Groupe Dziga Vertov) was formed around 1969 by politically active filmmakers including Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. Their films are defined primarily for Brechtian forms, Marxist ideology, and a lack of per ...
collective.
Transitional period (SonImage): 1974β1978
Second wave: 1979β1988
Feature films
Short films/videos
Late films: 1988β2023
Feature and short films
Video work
Only acting credit
Contribution works
References
External links
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Filmography
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Godard, Jean-Luc
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