Jean-Luc Godard
French-Swiss film director (1930ā2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Luc Godard (3 December 1930 ā 13 September 2022) was a French-Swiss movie director, producer, editor, cinematographer, writer and actor. He was born in Paris to a French mother and Swiss father. The English film magazine Sight and Sound called him one of the top three film directors of all time. Breathless, based on a story by Francois Truffaut, is one of his most famous movies.[1]
He was married to Anna Karina from 1961 until they divorced in 1965.
Godard died by assisted suicide on 13 September 2022 in Rolle, Switzerland at the age of 91.[2]
Jean-Luc Godard revolutionized cinema with jump cuts, intertextuality, political commentary, breaking the fourth wall, nonlinear narratives, and innovative aesthetics.[3]