Director · Actor
Jean-Luc Godard
Born 3 December 1930 · Paris, France — died 13 September 2022
Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022) was a French-Swiss director, screenwriter and former critic. A leading figure of the French New Wave, he became known for jump cuts, self-aware storytelling and political provocation. His restless experiments with film form made him one of the most influential filmmakers of the postwar era.
Key films
Breathless (1960)On Cinespective
His debut feature; its jump cuts and loose style became a defining statement of the French New Wave.
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
A stark, chapter-structured portrait of a Paris woman, showing his formal daring and focus on Anna Karina.
Contempt (1963)
A lavish study of a marriage collapsing amid film production, reflecting on cinema and commerce.
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
A colourful, fragmented road movie that blends crime story, romance and pop-art experimentation.
Weekend (1967)
A savage satire of consumer society, marking his turn toward openly political, confrontational filmmaking.
Key awards
- 1960 Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Bear for Best Director (Breathless)
- 1965 Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear (Alphaville)
- 1983 Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion (First Name: Carmen)
- 2010 Academy Awards: Honorary Award
- 2014 Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize (Goodbye to Language)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 348
- 1950The Glass Castle · as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)Actor
- 1950Le quadrille · as SelfActor
- 1951Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak · as WalterActor
- 1955A Flirtatious WomanDirector
- 1955A Flirtatious Woman · as The Man Who Looks at the Balcony (uncredited)Actor
- 1956Fool’s Mate · as Party guest (uncredited)Actor
- 1956The Kreutzer Sonata · as Ami JournalisteActor
- 1958Charlotte and Her BoyfriendDirector
- 1958Charlotte and Her Boyfriend · as Jules (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1958Operation Concrete · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1958Operation ConcreteDirector
- 1959The 400 Blows · as (voix) (non crédité)Actor
- 1959All the Boys Are Called PatrickDirector
- 1960Breathless · as The SnitchActor
- 1960BreathlessDirector
- 1961A Woman Is a WomanDirector
- 1961Paris Belongs to Us · as Hans LucasActor
- 1961A Story of WaterDirector
- 1961A Story of Water · as The Young Man (voice)Actor
- 1962Cléo from 5 to 7 · as The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent FilmActor
- 1962Vivre Sa VieDirector
- 1962Vivre Sa Vie · as The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1962Fiancés on the Bridge · as Man with the Black GlassesActor
- 1962Sign of the Lion · as Le Mélomane (uncredited)Actor
- 1962The Seven Deadly SinsDirector
- 1962Sun in Your EyesActor
- 1962La ParesseDirector
- 1962Petit Jour · as SelfActor
- 1963ContemptDirector
- 1963Contempt · as Lang's Assistant DirectorActor
- 1963Le Petit Soldat · as Man at Railway Station (uncredited)Actor
- 1963Le Petit SoldatDirector
- 1963Ro.Go.Pa.G.Director
- 1963The CarabineersDirector
- 1963The Lovely Month of May · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1963Scheherazade · as HandwalkerActor
- 1963The New WorldDirector
- 1964Band of OutsidersDirector
- 1964Band of Outsiders · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1964The Married Woman · as The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1964The Married WomanDirector
- 1964The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers · as Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)Actor
- 1964The World's Most Beautiful SwindlersDirector
- 1964Paparazzi · as SelfActor
- 1964Bardot et Godard · as SelfActor
- 1964Le Grand EscrocDirector
- 1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même · as SelfActor
- 1964Reporting on OrlyDirector
- 1965Pierrot le FouDirector
- 1965AlphavilleDirector
- 1965Six in ParisDirector
- 1965Montparnasse et LevalloisDirector
- 1965Cinema According to Jean-Luc · as SelfActor
- 1965Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965 · as SelfActor
- 1966Masculin FémininDirector
- 1966Carl Th. Dreyer · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1966The Defector · as Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)Actor
- 1966Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson · as SelfActor
- 1966Zoom: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966 · as SelfActor
- 1967WeekendDirector
- 1967La ChinoiseDirector
- 19672 or 3 Things I Know About Her · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 19672 or 3 Things I Know About HerDirector
- 1967Made in U.S.ADirector
- 1967Made in U.S.A · as Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1967The Oldest ProfessionDirector
- 1967Far from Vietnam · as Self (segment "Camera Eye")Actor
- 1967Far from VietnamDirector
- 1967The Dinosaur and the Baby · as SelfActor
- 1967Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000Director
- 1967Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 · as SelfActor
- 1967Civilisation: L'homme et les images · as SelfActor
- 1968Sympathy for the DevilDirector
- 1968A Film Like Any OtherDirector
- 1968CinétractsDirector
- 1968Film-Tract n° 1968Director
- 1968Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making · as SelfActor
- 1968Françoise et Udo... · as SelfActor
- 1968Das ist nur der Anfang - der Kampf geht weiterActor
- 1968The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the DevilDirector
- 1968One to One: Jean-Luc Godard Speaks · as SelfActor
- 1969Love and AngerDirector
- 1969Joy of Learning · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1969Joy of LearningDirector
- 1969Voices · as SelfActor
- 1969Willing · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1969Love and Anger: LoveDirector
- 1969Qu’est-ce que la mise en scène - Jean-Luc Godard · as SelfActor
- 1970Wind from the EastDirector
- 1970Wind from the East · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1970British SoundsDirector
- 1970PravdaDirector
- 1970Godard in America · as SelfActor
- 1971Struggle in ItalyDirector
- 1971Vladimir and RosaDirector
- 1971Vladimir and Rosa · as Vladimir Lenin (uncredited)Actor
- 19711 P.M.Director
- 19711 P.M. · as SelfActor
- 1972Tout Va BienDirector
- 1974Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1974Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a StillDirector
- 1975Number Two · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1975Number TwoDirector
- 1975Né · as SelfActor
- 1976Here and Elsewhere · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1976Here and ElsewhereDirector
- 1976Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communicationDirector
- 1976Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication · as SelfActor
- 1977Dream OnDirector
- 1978How's It Going?Director
- 1978How's It Going? · as Union Member (voice)Actor
- 1978Cinématon · as N°106Actor
- 1978Little Godard · as GuestActor
- 1978Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 11 · as SelfActor
- 1978Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 10 · as SelfActor
- 1978Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 1 · as SelfActor
- 1979ORG · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1979France / Tour / Detour / Two / ChildrenDirector
- 1979France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children · as Robert LinardActor
- 1979Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'Director
- 1980Every Man for HimselfDirector
- 1980Godard 1980 · as SelfActor
- 1981Reporters · as SelfActor
- 1981An All Round MaidDirector
- 1981Cinématon XI · as N°106Actor
- 1981Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie)) · as SelfActor
- 1981Cinématon n°106 : Jean-Luc GodardActor
- 1981Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))Director
- 1982Godard's PassionDirector
- 1982Scénario du film PassionDirector
- 1982Scénario du film Passion · as Narrator / SelfActor
- 1982To Alter the ImageDirector
- 1982To Alter the Image · as The Idiot (uncredited)Actor
- 1982Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario · as SelfActor
- 1982Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénarioDirector
- 1983First Name: Carmen · as Uncle Jeannot (uncredited)Actor
- 1983First Name: CarmenDirector
- 1983A Letter to Freddy BuacheDirector
- 1983A Letter to Freddy Buache · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1983Notes on Hail MaryDirector
- 1983Notes on Hail Mary · as SelfActor
- 1983Godard: History: Passion · as SelfActor
- 1985Hail MaryDirector
- 1985DetectiveDirector
- 1985Room 666 · as SelfActor
- 1985Soft and Hard · as SelfActor
- 1985Soft and HardDirector
- 1985Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque française · as SelfActor
- 1985Godard / Sollers : L’entretien · as SelfActor
- 1986Meetin' WA · as SelfActor
- 1986Meetin' WADirector
- 1986Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1986Rise and Fall of a Small Film CompanyDirector
- 1986Routine Pleasures · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1986September September · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1987AriaDirector
- 1987Keep Your Right UpDirector
- 1987Keep Your Right Up · as Idiot / PrinceActor
- 1987ArmideDirector
- 1987Duras/Godard · as SelfActor
- 1988King Lear · as Professor PluggyActor
- 1988King LearDirector
- 1988The French as Seen by…Director
- 1988The Power of SpeechDirector
- 1988On s'est tous défiléDirector
- 1988Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- 1988The Last WordDirector
- 1988Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc Godard · as SelfActor
- 1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories · as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)storiesDirector
- 1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story · as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)storyDirector
- 1989The Darty Report · as Nathanael, the 2000 Year-Old RobotActor
- 1989The Darty ReportDirector
- 1990Nouvelle VagueDirector
- 1990The Childhood of ArtDirector
- 1991The King of AdsDirector
- 1991Lest We ForgetDirector
- 1991For Thomas WainggaiDirector
- 1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave · as SelfActor
- 1992How Are The Kids?Director
- 1993Hail, Sarajevo · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1993Hail, SarajevoDirector
- 1993Oh, Woe Is MeDirector
- 1993Germany Year 90 Nine ZeroDirector
- 1993The Children Play Russian · as Prince Mishkin, the IdiotActor
- 1993The Children Play RussianDirector
- 1993Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède · as Self (voice) (archive footage)Actor
- 1994Moving Pictures · as SelfActor
- 1994Carl Th. Dreyer und GertrudActor
- 1995JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1995JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in DecemberDirector
- 1995Paradjanov, le dernier collage · as SelfActor
- 1996For Ever Mozart · as Man pretending to play soccer (uncredited)Actor
- 1996For Ever MozartDirector
- 1996What's Wrong with the World · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1996What's Wrong with the WorldDirector
- 1996Espoir/MicrocosmosDirector
- 1997We're All Still Here · as The ActorActor
- 1997Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths · as SelfActor
- 1998Adieu au TNSDirector
- 1998Adieu au TNS · as SelfActor
- 1999Godard on TV: 1960-2000 · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2000Origins of the 21st CenturyDirector
- 2000After the Reconciliation · as RobertActor
- 2000The Old Place · as Self / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2000The Old PlaceDirector
- 2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas · as SelfActor
- 2000Mai en décembre: Godard en Abitibi · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001In Praise of LoveDirector
- 2001Léaud l'unique · as Self - filmmakerActor
- 2001Jean Cocteau, cinéaste · as SelfActor
- 2001Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen! · as SelfActor
- 2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloDirector
- 2002In the Darkness of TimeDirector
- 2002In the Darkness of Time · as (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2002Liberty and HomelandDirector
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2003Marguerite as She Was · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Notre Musique · as SelfActor
- 2004Notre MusiqueDirector
- 2004Prayers for RefuseniksDirector
- 2004The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin · as SelfActor
- 2004Their First FilmsDirector
- 2005I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2005Brève rencontre avec Jean-Luc Godard ou le cinéma comme métaphore · as SelfActor
- 2005Mag Bodard, un destin · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only CinemaDirector
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema · as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly BeautyDirector
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty · as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New WaveDirector
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the UniverseDirector
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the AbsoluteDirector
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among UsDirector
- 2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 2006Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinémaDirector
- 2006Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma · as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2006Filmmakers in Action · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Amateur Report (Exhibition Model)Director
- 2006Amateur Report (Exhibition Model) · as Self (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2006Vrai faux passeport · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2006Vrai faux passeportDirector
- 2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)Director
- 2006Ecce Homo · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2006Ecce HomoDirector
- 2006Four Short FilmsDirector
- 2006Four Short Films · as Self - NarratorActor
- 20082 x 50 Years of French CinemaDirector
- 20082 x 50 Years of French Cinema · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 2008Back to Room 666 · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Journal des réalisateursDirector
- 2009Fragments of Conversations with Jean-Luc Godard · as SelfActor
- 2009On the Trail of the New Wave · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Once Upon a Time… Contempt · as SelfActor
- 2009Deuses de Mentira · as (Archive Sound)Actor
- 2009JLG\PG · as SelfActor
- 2010Film SocialismeDirector
- 2010Two in the Wave · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2010Tribute to Eric RohmerDirector
- 2010Tribute to Eric Rohmer · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 2010Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings · as SelfActor
- 2010Accomplice · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2010Conversation with JLG · as SelfActor
- 2010Brunes et Blondes · as SelfActor
- 2010Memória Cubana · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2010Ensemble et séparés : sept rendez-vous avec Jean-Luc Godard · as SelfActor
- 2011Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais · as SelfActor
- 2011Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2011La rouge et la noire · as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2012Close Up · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 201220 Little FilmsDirector
- 2012The Bardot mysteryActor
- 2012JDP/JLG 1963-2012 · as HimselfActor
- 2012Freddy Buache, le cinéma · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Quod Erat Demonstrandum · as SelfActor
- 2012Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 20133x3DDirector
- 2013Bardot, The MisunderstandingActor
- 2013The Three Disasters · as NarratorActor
- 2013Carottage · as selfActor
- 2013The Three DisastersDirector
- 2014Goodbye to Language · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2014Goodbye to LanguageDirector
- 2014The Bridges of SarajevoDirector
- 2014Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2014Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry FremauxDirector
- 2014The Bridge of SighsDirector
- 2014The Bridge of Sighs · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2015A German Youth · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive · as SelfActor
- 2015Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or AliveDirector
- 2015A Weekend at the Beach · as SelfActor
- 2016Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Faces Places · as SelfActor
- 2017Belmondo, le magnifique · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum · as Self(archive footage)Actor
- 2017Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette · as SelfActor
- 2018The Image Book · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2018The Image BookDirector
- 2018Film catastrophe · as SelfActor
- 2018Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2018Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView · as SelfActor
- 2018Mireille Darc, la femme libre · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2018Official Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFFActor
- 2018Official Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFFDirector
- 2019Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Anna Karina, Remember · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2020Anna and the Jellyfish · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Printtemps · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Iter · as SelfActor
- 2021Morceaux de CannesActor
- 2021Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Godard Etkisi · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 202186 printemps, Jean-Luc Godard · as SelfActor
- 2022See You Friday, Robinson · as SelfActor
- 2022G(ode)ard · as JLGActor
- 2022Alianças Profanas · as SelfActor
- 2023Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony WarsDirector
- 2023Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars · as Self/NarratorActor
- 2023Godard Cinema · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Godard by Godard · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Godard Is Here · as SelfActor
- 2023Full Metal Kuleshov Effect · as SelfActor
- 2023Say God Bye · as Self (JLG)Actor
- 2023Lila · as SelfActor
- 2023The Staircase Wall · as Self (voice, archive footage)Actor
- 2024Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario" · as SelfActor
- 2024Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario"Director
- 2024Scénarios · as SelfActor
- 2024Only Godard · as SelfActor
- 2024ScénariosDirector
- 2024Death · as Self (voice)Actor
- 2025From Darkness to Light · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2025Being Bo Widerberg · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025The Story of "Scénario"Director
- 2025The Story of "Scénario" · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Noises From The Agora · as SelfActor
- 2025The Death of Jean-Luc GodardActor
- 2025Sang titreDirector
- 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2026One Hero, The People · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2026Identidade · as Jean-Luc Godard (Imagens de Arquivo)Actor
- 2026Determination · as Self (archival footage)Actor
- 2026Notre musique / Séquence 23 · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.