Jean-Luc Godard: Quick Facts

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Born	December 3, 1930 • Paris • France
Died	September 13, 2022 (aged 91) • Switzerland
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2011) • Praemium Imperiale (2002)
Notable Works	“A Woman Is a Woman” • “Alphaville” • “Band of Outsiders” • “Breathless” • “Contempt” • “Every Man for Himself” • “First Name: Carmen” • “Hail Mary” • “La Chinoise” • “My Life to Live” • “Notre musique” • “Numéro deux” • “Passion” • “Pierrot Goes Wild” • “Sympathy for the Devil” • “The Image Book” • “The Little Soldier” • “Two or Three Things I Know About Her” • “Weekend”
Notable Family Members	spouse Anna Karina

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Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Paul Belmondo stands shirtless beside Jean Seberg, who faces a mirror and applies makeup, in a black-and-white scene from the film Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard.

Anna Karina and Eddie Constantine descend a spiral staircase in a modern interior in a black-and-white scene from the film Alphaville, directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Jean-Pierre Leaud rests his chin on his hand while holding a notebook, seated beside Anne Wiazemsky, who wears a cap and holds an open book, in a scene from La Chinoise.

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