Jean-Luc Godard, one of the greatest representatives of the French New Wave, has died at the age of 91.
French director and actor Jean-Luc Godard has passed away at the age of 92. The creator’s cause of death was not reported. Liberation writes about it.
It is known that the death of the filmmaker was reported by his relatives on Tuesday, September 13.
“The gentleman died as a filmmaker with a thousand lives and a legacy as fruitful as it is multifaceted, a legacy that epitomizes the contradictions of an art in constant search. He left a career scattered with masterpieces and misunderstanding that made him a legend in his life,” he said. in the message.
Jean-Luc Godard was born on December 3, 1930 in Paris. His father, Paul Godard, was a doctor, and his mother was from a family of Swiss bankers.
In 1949 he entered the Sorbonne, where he studied anthropology for some time. In 1951, he began writing articles for film magazines, particularly for Kinotetradey.
In 1959, Godard’s debut film, Breathless, was released, marking the arrival of a new generation of filmmakers in French cinema. The film Little Soldier, devoted to the Algerian War of Independence, was also produced, but it was censored until 1963.
In total, during his career, the French director shot more than 120 films.
In 2011 he was awarded an Oscar for his contribution to the development of cinema.
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