What is Jean-Luc Godard?
[[File:Jean-Luc Godard at Berkeley, 1968 (1).jpg|thumb|Jean-Luc Godard (1968)]] [[File:Jean Luc Godard Signature.svg|right|200px]] '''Jean-Luc Godard''' (3 December [[1930]] &ndash; 13 September 2022) was a [[France|French]]-[[Switzerland|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 ''[http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-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.<ref>Godard, Jean-Luc 2002. The Future(s) of Film: three interviews 2000–01. Bern; Berlin: Verlag Gachnang & Springer. ISBN 978-3-906127-62-0</ref> He was married to [[Anna Karina]] from 1961 until they divorced in 1965. Godard [[Death|died]] by [[assisted suicide]] on 13 September 2022 in [[Rolle]], [[Switzerland]] at the age of 91.<ref>[https://www.liberation.fr/culture/jean-luc-godard-est-mort-20220913_LLEGXZFQSFDC3FBJCP7AWXSYWI/ Jean-Luc Godard est mort] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Jean-Luc Godard revolutionized cinema with jump cuts, intertextuality, political commentary, breaking the fourth wall, nonlinear narratives, and innovative aesthetics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-06-02|title=10 Signature Elements of Jean-Luc Godard's Filmmaking Style!|url=https://www.criticfilm.com/jean-luc-godards-filmmaking-style/|access-date=2023-10-23|website=www.criticfilm.com|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.criterion.com/explore/12-jean-luc-godard Godard entry at the Criterion collection] *{{imdb|0000419}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Godard, Jean-Luc}} [[Category:Actors from Paris]] [[Category:Cinematographers]] [[Category:French screenwriters]] [[Category:Movie directors from Paris]] [[Category:French movie editors]] [[Category:Movie producers from Paris]] [[Category:Swiss movie actors]] [[Category:Swiss movie directors]] [[Category:Swiss screenw