Jean-Luc Godard

Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: December 3, 1930
Day of Death: September 13, 2022 (92 years old)
Place of Birth: Paris, France
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.
2025
2024

Actor Self
Only Godard

Actor Self
Scénarios

Actor Self (archive footage)
For Jack, From Hell

Actor Self (archive footage)
Lovers

Actor Himself (voice)
Death

Actor
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario"

Director
Scénarios

Screenplay
Scénarios

Director
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario"

Editor
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario"

Writer
Presentation of the Trailer of a Film "Scénario"
2023

Actor Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma
Actor Self
Godard Is Here

Actor Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard

Actor Self (JLG)
Say God Bye

Actor Self
Godard Cinema

Actor Self/Narrator
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars

Actor Self (voice, archive footage)
The Staircase Wall

Director
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

Editor
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

Writer
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

Writer
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars

Director
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

Actor Himself
Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF

Actor Narrator (voice)
The Image Book

Actor himself
Film catastrophe

Actor Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

Actor Self (archive footage)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre

Actor Self
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView

Director
Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF

Director
The Image Book

Writer
The Image Book

Editor
The Image Book
2017
2016
2015

Actor Himself
Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive

Actor (archive material)
A German Youth

Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitchcock/Truffaut

Director
Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive

Editor
Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive
2014

Actor Himself
Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

Actor Narrator (voice)
Goodbye to Language

Director
Goodbye to Language

Director
Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

Writer
Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

Director
The Bridges of Sarajevo

Writer
Goodbye to Language

Director
Le Pont des soupirs
2013
2012
2011
2010

Actor Self (archive footage)
Two in the Wave

Actor
Tribute to Eric Rohmer

Actor Self (archive footage)
Memória Cubana

Actor Himself
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings

Actor Self
Brunes et Blondes

Actor Self (archive footage)
Godard Made in USA

Actor Himself (archive footage)
Accomplice

Actor Self
Conversation with JLG
Actor Lui-même
Ensemble et séparés : sept rendez-vous avec Jean-Luc Godard

Director
Film Socialisme

Screenplay
Film Socialisme

Director
Tribute to Eric Rohmer

Editor
Film Socialisme
2009
2008
2006

Actor
Vrai faux passeport

Actor Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers in Action

Actor Narrator
Four Short Films

Actor
Amateur Report (Exhibition Model)

Actor (voice)
Ecce Homo

Director
Amateur Report (Exhibition Model)

Director
Ecce Homo

Screenplay
Ecce Homo

Director
Vrai faux passeport

Screenplay
Vrai faux passeport

Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

Director
Four Short Films

Writer
Four Short Films
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998

Actor Self
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

Actor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave

Actor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe

Actor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us
Actor Self
Adieu au TNS

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us
Director
Adieu au TNS
Writer
Adieu au TNS
Producer
Adieu au TNS
Director of Photography
Adieu au TNS
Editor
Adieu au TNS
1997

Actor Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

Actor Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

Actor The Actor
We're All Still Here

Actor Self
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty
Producer
Inside/Out
1996

Actor (voice)
What's Wrong With The World

Actor Man pretending to play soccer (uncredited)
For Ever Mozart

Writer
For Ever Mozart

Director
For Ever Mozart

Screenplay
What's Wrong With The World

Producer
What's Wrong With The World

Editor
What's Wrong With The World

Director
Hope/Microcosmos

Director
What's Wrong With The World

Director
Plus oh !

Screenplay
Plus oh !

Editor
Plus oh !

Producer
Plus oh !

Editor
For Ever Mozart
1995

Actor Self
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December

Actor Himself
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema

Writer
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December

Director
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December

Director
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema

Editor
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema

Producer
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December

Editor
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December
1994
1993

Actor Self (voice) (archive footage)
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

Actor The idiot: Prince Mishkin
The Children Play Russian

Actor Narrator
Hail, Sarajevo

Writer
Oh, Woe Is Me

Director
Oh, Woe Is Me

Director
The Children Play Russian

Writer
The Children Play Russian

Director
Hail, Sarajevo

Editor
The Children Play Russian

Editor
Hail, Sarajevo

Writer
Hail, Sarajevo

Editor
Oh, Woe Is Me

Director
How Are The Kids?
1992
1991
1990
1989

Actor Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

Actor Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

Actor Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot
The Darty Report

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

Director
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

Director
The Darty Report

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

Editor
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

Writer
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story
1988

Actor Professor Pluggy
King Lear

Actor Self
Jean-Luc Godard interview by Serge Daney

Writer
King Lear

Director
King Lear

Director
The Power of Speech

Editor
King Lear
Director
On s'est tous défilé

Director
The French as Seen by…

Director
Le Dernier Mot
Writer
On s'est tous défilé

Writer
The Power of Speech

Director
Jean-Luc Godard interview by Serge Daney

Director
Closed
1987
1986

Actor Self
Meetin' WA

Actor Himself (Archive photos)
Routine Pleasures

Actor (archive footage)
September September

Actor Self (uncredited)
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

Director
Meetin' WA

Director
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

Writer
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

Editor
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

Producer
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

Editor
Meetin' WA
1985
1983

Actor Uncle Jeannot
First Name: Carmen

Actor Self (uncredited)
A Letter to Freddy Buache
Actor Self
Godard: History: Passion

Actor Self
Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie'

Director
First Name: Carmen

Writer
A Letter to Freddy Buache

Director
A Letter to Freddy Buache

Director
Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie'

Editor
A Letter to Freddy Buache
1982

Actor Narrator / Self
Scénario du film Passion

Actor Self
Room 666

Actor The Idiot (uncredited)
To Alter the Image

Director
Godard's Passion

Writer
Godard's Passion

Director
Scénario du film Passion

Director
To Alter the Image

Director
Passion, le travail et l'amour : Introduction à un scénario

Editor
Godard's Passion

Writer
To Alter the Image

Editor
To Alter the Image

Writer
Scénario du film Passion
1981

Actor Self
Reporters
Actor N°106
Cinématon XI

Actor Self
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
Actor
Cinématon n°106 : Jean-Luc Godard

Director
An All Round Maid

Screenplay
An All Round Maid

Director
Sauve la vie (qui peut)

Editor
An All Round Maid

Director
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

Writer
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

Editor
Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
1980
1979

Actor Robert Linard
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

Actor Self (archive footage)
ORG

Director
Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

Director
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

Editor
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

Writer
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

Producer
France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children
1978

Actor Union Member (voice)
How's It Going?

Actor
Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 1

Actor
Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 10

Actor
Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 11
Actor Guest
Little Godard

Actor N°106
Cinématon

Director
How's It Going?

Writer
How's It Going?

Editor
How's It Going?

Producer
How's It Going?
1977
1976
1975
1974
1972
1971

Actor Vladimir Lenin (uncredited)
Vladimir and Rosa

Actor Self
1 P.M.

Director
Vladimir and Rosa

Director
1 P.M.

Director
Struggle in Italy

Producer
Vladimir and Rosa

Writer
1 P.M.

Director of Photography
1 P.M.

Writer
Vladimir and Rosa

Editor
Vladimir and Rosa

Writer
Struggle in Italy

Editor
Struggle in Italy

Director of Photography
Vladimir and Rosa
1970
1969
1968
Actor
Françoise et Udo...

Actor Himself
Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

Actor Himself
One to One: Jean-Luc Godard Speaks

Director
A Film Like Any Other

Writer
A Film Like Any Other

Director
Sympathy for the Devil

Writer
Sympathy for the Devil

Director
Film-Tract n° 1968

Director
Cinétracts

Producer
Film-Tract n° 1968

Director of Photography
Film-Tract n° 1968

Director of Photography
A Film Like Any Other

Editor
A Film Like Any Other

Director
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

Writer
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
1967

Actor Self (segment "Camera Eye")
Far from Vietnam

Actor Self
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67

Actor Self
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Actor
Civilisation: L'homme et les images

Actor Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)
Made in U.S.A

Actor Narrator (voice)
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

Director
La Chinoise

Writer
La Chinoise

Director
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

Writer
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

Director
Weekend

Director
Far from Vietnam

Writer
Made in U.S.A

Director
Made in U.S.A

Director
The Oldest Profession

Writer
The Oldest Profession

Writer
Weekend

Writer
Far from Vietnam
1966
1965
1964

Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Band of Outsiders

Actor Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

Actor Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Actor The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Married Woman

Actor Himself
Paparazzi

Actor Himself
Bardot et Godard

Director
Le Grand Escroc

Screenplay
Band of Outsiders

Director
Band of Outsiders

Director
The Married Woman

Writer
Le Grand Escroc

Director
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Writer
The Married Woman

Writer
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Director
Reporting on Orly
Writer
Reporting on Orly
1963

Actor Lang's Assistant Director
Contempt

Actor Handwalker
Scheherazade

Actor Man at Railway Station (uncredited)
Le Petit Soldat

Actor Self (uncredited)
The Lovely Month of May

Screenplay
Contempt

Director
Contempt

Writer
The Carabineers

Director
The Carabineers

Director
Le Petit Soldat

Writer
Le Petit Soldat

Director
Ro.Go.Pa.G.

Screenplay
Ro.Go.Pa.G.

Director
The New World
1962

Actor The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)
Vivre Sa Vie

Actor Self
Petit Jour

Actor The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film
Cléo from 5 to 7

Actor
Sun in Your Eyes

Actor Le Mélomane (uncredited)
Sign of the Lion

Editor
Vivre Sa Vie

Director
Vivre Sa Vie

Director
The Seven Deadly Sins

Director
La Paresse

Writer
Vivre Sa Vie

Screenplay
The Seven Deadly Sins
1961

Actor Narrator
A Story of Water

Actor Man with the Black Glasses
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge

Actor Hans Lucas
Paris Belongs to Us

Actor Walter
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak

Director
A Woman Is a Woman

Director
A Story of Water

Writer
A Woman Is a Woman

Title Designer
A Woman Is a Woman

Editor
A Story of Water

Writer
A Story of Water