Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Directing

Born December 3, 1930 · Paris, France

143 films as director · Active 1955–2026

Jean-Luc Godard (December 3, 1930 – September 13, 2022) 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 an…

Known for

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975

Filmmakers in Action

Filmmakers in Action

2006

Bambi

Bambi

1948

Eurotrash

Eurotrash

1993

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed

2012

Directed(143)

2026Test footage filmed on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s One from the Heart

Sang titre

The Story of "Scénario"

2025The Story of "Scénario"★ 6.5

Scénarios

2024Scénarios★ 9.0

Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario"

2024Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario"★ 8.0

Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars

2023Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars★ 5.9

The Image Book

2018The Image Book★ 6.3

2018Official Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF

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

2015Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or Alive★ 5.0

Goodbye to Language

2014Goodbye to Language★ 6.0

Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

2014Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux★ 6.9

The Bridges of Sarajevo

2014The Bridges of Sarajevo★ 6.3

The Bridge of Sighs

2014The Bridge of Sighs

3x3D

20133x3D★ 4.7

The Three Disasters

2013The Three Disasters

20 Little Films

201220 Little Films

Film Socialisme

2010Film Socialisme★ 6.0

Tribute to Eric Rohmer

2010Tribute to Eric Rohmer★ 4.5

Journal des réalisateurs

2008Journal des réalisateurs

2008Une Catastrophe

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema★ 6.3

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty★ 6.2

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New Wave★ 6.4

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

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute★ 6.5

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

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe★ 6.4

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

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us★ 6.1

Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

2006Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma★ 5.0

Amateur Report (Exhibition Model)

2006Amateur Report (Exhibition Model)★ 5.7

Ecce Homo

Vrai faux passeport

2006Vrai faux passeport★ 5.0

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)★ 6.0

Four Short Films

2006Four Short Films

Notre Musique

2004Notre Musique★ 6.8

Their First Films

2004Their First Films

Prayers for Refuseniks

2004Prayers for Refuseniks★ 6.8

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

2002Ten Minutes Older: The Cello★ 6.6

Liberty and Homeland

2002Liberty and Homeland★ 5.8

In the Darkness of Time

2002In the Darkness of Time★ 7.5

In Praise of Love

2001In Praise of Love★ 6.6

The Old Place

2000The Old Place★ 6.5

Origins of the 21st Century

2000Origins of the 21st Century★ 6.4

1998Adieu au TNS★ 4.0

For Ever Mozart

1996For Ever Mozart★ 5.9

Espoir/Microcosmos

1996Espoir/Microcosmos

What's Wrong With The World

1996What's Wrong With The World★ 5.3

JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December

1995JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December★ 6.5

2 x 50 Years of French Cinema

19952 x 50 Years of French Cinema★ 6.5

Oh, Woe Is Me

1993Oh, Woe Is Me★ 6.3

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

1993Germany Year 90 Nine Zero★ 6.8

The Children Play Russian

1993The Children Play Russian★ 6.8

Hail, Sarajevo

1993Hail, Sarajevo★ 6.9

How Are The Kids?

1992How Are The Kids?★ 8.0

Lest We Forget

1991Lest We Forget★ 7.0

For Thomas Wainggai

1991For Thomas Wainggai★ 6.0

The King of Ads

1991The King of Ads★ 4.3

Nouvelle Vague

1990Nouvelle Vague★ 6.0

The Childhood of Art

1990The Childhood of Art★ 5.5

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

1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story★ 6.6

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

1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories★ 6.3

The Darty Report

1989The Darty Report★ 9.0

King Lear

1988King Lear★ 6.5

The Power of Speech

1988The Power of Speech★ 5.9

On s'est tous défilé

1988On s'est tous défilé★ 6.4

The French as Seen by…

1988The French as Seen by…★ 6.9

The Last Word

1988The Last Word

Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc Godard

1988Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc Godard

Armide

Keep Your Right Up

1987Keep Your Right Up★ 6.1

Aria

1987Aria★ 5.4

Meetin' WA

1986Meetin' WA★ 6.3

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

1986Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company★ 6.3

Hail Mary

1985Hail Mary★ 6.3

Detective

1985Detective★ 5.3

Soft and Hard

1985Soft and Hard★ 6.0

First Name: Carmen

1983First Name: Carmen★ 6.0

A Letter to Freddy Buache

1983A Letter to Freddy Buache★ 6.3

Notes on Hail Mary

1983Notes on Hail Mary★ 5.3

Godard's Passion

1982Godard's Passion★ 5.7

Scénario du film Passion

1982Scénario du film Passion★ 5.8

To Alter the Image

1982To Alter the Image★ 4.9

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

1982Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario

An All Round Maid

1981An All Round Maid★ 6.0

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

1981Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

Every Man for Himself

1980Every Man for Himself★ 6.2

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

1979Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'★ 7.0

France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

1979France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children★ 6.7

How's It Going?

1978How's It Going?★ 6.1

Dream On

1977Dream On★ 5.8

Here and Elsewhere

1976Here and Elsewhere★ 6.7

1976Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication★ 8.7

Number Two

1975Number Two★ 6.1

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

1974Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still★ 7.2

Tout Va Bien

1972Tout Va Bien★ 6.5

Vladimir and Rosa

1971Vladimir and Rosa★ 6.8

1 P.M.

19711 P.M.★ 6.2

Struggle in Italy

1971Struggle in Italy★ 7.2

British Sounds

1970British Sounds★ 5.2

Wind from the East

1970Wind from the East★ 6.8

Pravda

1970Pravda★ 5.8

Love and Anger

1969Love and Anger★ 5.3

Joy of Learning

1969Joy of Learning★ 6.1

Love and Anger: Love

1969Love and Anger: Love

A Film Like Any Other

1968A Film Like Any Other★ 6.7

Sympathy for the Devil

1968Sympathy for the Devil★ 6.3

Film-Tract n° 1968

1968Film-Tract n° 1968★ 6.5

Cinétracts

1968Cinétracts★ 7.9

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

1968The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

La Chinoise

1967La Chinoise★ 7.0

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

19672 or 3 Things I Know About Her★ 6.2

Weekend

1967Weekend★ 6.9

Far from Vietnam

1967Far from Vietnam★ 7.1

Made in U.S.A

1967Made in U.S.A★ 6.1

The Oldest Profession

1967The Oldest Profession★ 5.0

Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000

1967Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000★ 6.0

Masculin Féminin

1966Masculin Féminin★ 7.2

Pierrot le Fou

1965Pierrot le Fou★ 7.3

Alphaville

1965Alphaville★ 6.9

Six in Paris

1965Six in Paris★ 6.6

Montparnasse et Levallois

1965Montparnasse et Levallois★ 4.0

Le Grand Escroc

1964Le Grand Escroc★ 8.5

Band of Outsiders

1964Band of Outsiders★ 7.5

The Married Woman

1964The Married Woman★ 6.9

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers★ 5.4

1964Reporting on Orly★ 9.0

Contempt

1963Contempt★ 7.0

The Carabineers

1963The Carabineers★ 6.5

Le Petit Soldat

1963Le Petit Soldat★ 6.9

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

1963Ro.Go.Pa.G.★ 7.2

The New World

1963The New World★ 7.0

Vivre Sa Vie

1962Vivre Sa Vie★ 7.7

The Seven Deadly Sins

1962The Seven Deadly Sins★ 5.8

La Paresse

1962La Paresse★ 5.5

A Woman Is a Woman

1961A Woman Is a Woman★ 7.3

A Story of Water

1961A Story of Water★ 6.5

Breathless

1960Breathless★ 7.5

All the Boys Are Called Patrick

1959All the Boys Are Called Patrick★ 6.7

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

1958Charlotte and Her Boyfriend★ 6.4

Operation Concrete

1958Operation Concrete★ 5.4

A Flirtatious Woman

1955A Flirtatious Woman★ 5.5

Acting(223)

2026Notre musique / Séquence 23Self

2026DeterminationSelf (archival footage)

2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

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2026IdentidadeJean-Luc Godard (Imagens de Arquivo)

2026One Hero, The PeopleSelf (archive footage)

2025Noises From The AgoraSelf

2025The Death of Jean-Luc Godard

2025The Story of "Scénario"Self (archive footage)

2025Being Bo WiderbergSelf (archive footage)

2025From Darkness to LightSelf (archive footage)

2024DeathSelf (voice)

2024ScénariosSelf

2024Exposé du film annonce du film "Scénario"Self

2024Only GodardSelf

2023Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony WarsSelf/Narrator

2023The Staircase WallSelf (voice, archive footage)

2023Say God ByeSelf (JLG)

2023Godard CinemaSelf

2023Godard by GodardSelf (archive footage)

2023Godard Is HereSelf

2023Full Metal Kuleshov EffectSelf

2022G(ode)ardJLG

2022See You Friday, RobinsonSelf

2022Alianças ProfanasSelf

202186 printemps, Jean-Luc GodardSelf

2021Godard EtkisiSelf (archive footage)

2021Morceaux de Cannes

2021Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinteSelf (archive footage)

2020PrinttempsSelf (archive footage)

2020Anna and the JellyfishSelf (archive footage)

2020Anna Karina, RememberSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2019Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableauSelf (archive footage)

2018Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesureSelf (archive footage)

2018Film catastropheSelf

2018The Image BookNarrator (voice)

2018Mireille Darc, la femme libreSelf (archive footage)

2018Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetViewSelf

2018Official Spot of the 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF

2017Belmondo, le magnifiqueSelf (archive footage)

2017Cinema Through the Eye of MagnumSelf(archive footage)

2017Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques RivetteSelf

2017Faces PlacesSelf

2016Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une ruptureSelf (archive footage)

2015A Weekend at the BeachSelf

2015A German YouthSelf (archive footage)

2015Message of Greetings: Prix suisse / My Thanks / Dead or AliveSelf

2014Goodbye to LanguageNarrator (voice)

2014Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry FremauxNarrator (voice)

2013Bardot, The Misunderstanding

2013The Three DisastersNarrator

2013Carottageself

2012Freddy Buache, le cinémaSelf (archive footage)

2012Quod Erat DemonstrandumSelf

2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)

2012Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder ExposedSelf (archive footage)

2012The Bardot mystery

2012JDP/JLG 1963-2012Himself

2011Belmondo, il était une fois le beau mondeSelf (archive footage)

2011La rouge et la noireSelf (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)

2011Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-GervaisSelf

2010Conversation with JLGSelf

2010Brunes et BlondesSelf

2010Memória CubanaSelf (archive footage)

2010Two in the WaveSelf (archive footage)

2010AccompliceSelf (archive footage)

2010Ensemble et séparés : sept rendez-vous avec Jean-Luc GodardSelf

2010Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines SchmetterlingsSelf

2010Tribute to Eric RohmerSelf (uncredited)

2009Deuses de Mentira(Archive Sound)

2009Once Upon a Time… ContemptSelf

2009On the Trail of the New WaveSelf (archive footage)

2009Fragments of Conversations with Jean-Luc GodardSelf

2008Back to Room 666Self (archive footage)

2006Filmmakers in ActionSelf (archive footage)

2006Vrai faux passeportSelf - Narrator (voice)

2006Amateur Report (Exhibition Model)Self (voice) (uncredited)

2006Four Short FilmsSelf - Narrator

2006Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinémaSelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the AbsoluteSelf (uncredited)

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3b: A New WaveSelf (uncredited)

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the UniverseSelf (uncredited)

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among UsSelf (uncredited)

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly BeautySelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only CinemaSelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

2006Ecce Homo(voice)

2005Mag Bodard, un destinSelf (archive footage)

2005I Am Cuba, the Siberian MammothSelf (archive footage)

2005Brève rencontre avec Jean-Luc Godard ou le cinéma comme métaphoreSelf

2004The Making of Rocky Road to DublinSelf

2004Notre MusiqueSelf

2003Marguerite as She WasSelf (archive footage)

2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)

2001Léaud l'uniqueSelf - filmmaker

2001Blinde Liebe/Jean-Luc Godard: Meine Mutter hat nur Stummfilme gesehen!Self

2001Jean Cocteau, cinéasteSelf

2000After the ReconciliationRobert

2000The Old PlaceSelf / Narrator (voice)

2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmasSelf

2000Mai en décembre: Godard en AbitibiSelf (archive footage)

1999Godard on TV: 1960-2000Self (archive footage)

1998Adieu au TNSSelf

1997We're All Still HereThe Actor

1997Jean Cocteau: Lies and TruthsSelf

1996For Ever MozartMan pretending to play soccer (uncredited)

1996What's Wrong With The World(voice)

19952 x 50 Years of French CinemaSelf (uncredited)

1995JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in DecemberSelf (uncredited)

1995Paradjanov, le dernier collageSelf

1994Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud

1994Moving PicturesSelf

1993The Children Play RussianPrince Mishkin, the Idiot

1993Chambre 12, Hôtel de SuèdeSelf (voice) (archive footage)

1993Hail, SarajevoNarrator (voice)

1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New WaveSelf

1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)storiesSelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

1989Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)storySelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

1989Histoire(s) du cinémaSelf

1989The Darty ReportNathanael, the 2000 Year-Old Robot

1988King LearProfessor Pluggy

1988Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc GodardSelf

1987Keep Your Right UpIdiot / Prince

1987Duras/GodardSelf

1986Rise and Fall of a Small Film CompanySelf (uncredited)

1986Meetin' WASelf

1986Routine PleasuresSelf (archive footage)

1986September SeptemberSelf (archive footage)

1985Jean-Luc Godard à la Cinémathèque françaiseSelf

1985Soft and HardSelf

1985Godard / Sollers : L’entretienSelf

1985Room 666Self

1984Série noireSelf (uncredited)

1983First Name: CarmenUncle Jeannot (uncredited)

1983A Letter to Freddy BuacheSelf (uncredited)

1983Godard: History: PassionSelf

1983Notes on Hail MarySelf

1982Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénarioSelf

1982To Alter the ImageThe Idiot (uncredited)

1982Scénario du film PassionNarrator / Self

1981ReportersSelf

1981Cinématon XIN°106

1981Cinématon n°106 : Jean-Luc Godard

1981Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))Self

1980Godard 1980Self

1979ORGSelf (archive footage)

1979France / Tour / Detour / Two / ChildrenRobert Linard

1979France / Tour / Detour / Two / ChildrenRobert Linard (uncredited)

1978CinématonN°106

1978Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 11Self

1978Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 10Self

1978Little GodardGuest

1978How's It Going?Union Member (voice)

1978Leçons de cinéma de Godard à Montréal, classe 1Self

1978Ciné regardsSelf

1976Here and ElsewhereNarrator (voice)

1976Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communicationSelf

1976Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communicationSelf

1975Number TwoSelf (uncredited)

1975ApostrophesSelf

1974Spécial cinémaSelf

1974Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a StillNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1971Vladimir and RosaVladimir Lenin (uncredited)

1970Wind from the EastSelf (uncredited)

1970Godard in AmericaSelf

1969Joy of LearningNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1969WillingSelf (uncredited)

1969Qu’est-ce que la mise en scène - Jean-Luc GodardSelf

1968One to One: Jean-Luc Godard SpeaksSelf

1968Françoise et Udo...Self

1968Das ist nur der Anfang - der Kampf geht weiter

1968Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the MakingSelf

1967Far from VietnamSelf (segment "Camera Eye")

1967Festivals 66 Cinéma 67Self

19672 or 3 Things I Know About HerNarrator (voice)

1967The Dinosaur and the BabySelf

1967Made in U.S.ARichard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)

1967Civilisation: L'homme et les imagesSelf

1966Carl Th. DreyerSelf (uncredited)

1966Zoom: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966Self

1966The DefectorOrlovsky's Friend (uncredited)

1966Un metteur en ordre: Robert BressonSelf

1965Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965Self

1965Dim Dam DomSelf

1965Cinema According to Jean-LucSelf

1964The Married WomanThe Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1964Pour le plaisirSelf

1964PaparazziSelf

1964The World's Most Beautiful SwindlersMan in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)

1964Band of OutsidersNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeSelf

1964Bardot et GodardSelf

1963ContemptLang's Assistant Director

1963ScheherazadeHandwalker

1963The Lovely Month of MaySelf (uncredited)

1963Le Petit SoldatMan at Railway Station (uncredited)

1962Vivre Sa VieThe Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)

1962Sun in Your Eyes

1962Sign of the LionLe Mélomane (uncredited)

1962Fiancés on the BridgeMan with the Black Glasses

1962Cléo from 5 to 7The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film

1962Petit JourSelf

1961Paris Belongs to UsHans Lucas

1961A Story of WaterThe Young Man (voice)

1960BreathlessThe Snitch

1959The 400 Blows(voix) (non crédité)

1958Charlotte and Her BoyfriendJules (voice) (uncredited)

1958Operation ConcreteNarrator (voice)

1956Fool’s MateParty guest (uncredited)

1956CinépanoramaSelf

1956The Kreutzer SonataAmi Journaliste

1955A Flirtatious WomanThe Man Who Looks at the Balcony (uncredited)

1951Presentation, or Charlotte and Her SteakWalter

1950The Glass CastleUn voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)

1950Le quadrilleSelf

MORTEM IMAGINIS.Godard

The Making of Jean Luc Godard's 'One Plus One'Self