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Jean-Luc Godard Biography
Birth Name:Jean-Luc Godard
Birth Place:Paris, France
Profession Director, Writer, Actor, Editor, Producer, Cinematographer, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Best known as a French-Swiss filmmaker and a pioneer of the 1960’s "French New Wave" film movement
- He won a special Golden Palm at the 71st "Cannes Film Festival" for his movie "The Image Book" and the entirety of his works
- He started his career as a film critic and denounced the prominence of established conventions in French cinema, instead of promoting innovation and experimentation
- He directed, wrote, edited and narrated his movie "The Image Book" presented at the "Cannes Film Festival" in 2018
Awards
- 1960Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 1960Silver Berlin Bear-Best Director: winner
- 1960Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1960Prix Jean Vigo-Feature Film: winner
- 1961Silver Berlin Bear-Special Prize: winner
- 1961Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 1961Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1961Critics Award-Best Film: winner
- 1961Golden Cup-: winner
- 1961Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
- 1962Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
- 1962Special Jury Prize-: winner
- 1962Golden Lion-: nominated
- 1962Pasinetti Award-Competition: winner
- 1963Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
- 1963Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1964Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
- 1964Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1964Golden Lion-: nominated
- 1965Golden Berlin Bear-: winner
- 1965Sutherland Trophy-: winner
- 1965Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1965Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
- 1965Golden Lion-: nominated
- 1966Interfilm Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
- 1966Youth Film Award-Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: winner
- 1966Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 1966Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1967Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1967Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1967Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1967Special Jury Prize-: winner
- 1967Golden Lion-: nominated
- 1968Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 1969Bambi-Film - International: winner
- 1969Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 1969Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 1969Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
- 1969Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
- 1969NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
- 1973Interfilm Award - Recommendation-Forum of New Cinema: winner
- 1980Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 1981César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
- 1981César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
- 1981NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
- 1982Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1982Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 1983César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
- 1983César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
- 1983Golden Lion-: winner
- 1984Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1985Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 1985OCIC Promotional Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
- 1985Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award-Competition: winner
- 1985Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
- 1985Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1985Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 1986César-Best French Language Film (Meilleur film francophone): nominated
- 1986Rotterdam Award-Best Innovative Film: winner
- 1987Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1987Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 1987Prix Louis Delluc-: winner
- 1987Tokyo Grand Prix-: nominated
- 1991Golden Lion-: nominated
- 1991The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal-: winner
- 1993Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1993Golden Lion-: nominated
- 1996Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 1996Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award-Best Film: winner
- 1996Golden Lion-: nominated
- 2001Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 2001Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
- 2001Jury Special Prize-Best Film: winner
- 2002Crystal Simorgh-International Competition - Best Film: winner
- 2002Swiss Film Prize-Best Film (Bester Spielfilm): nominated
- 2004European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
- 2004FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
- 2005Swiss Film Prize-Best Film (Bester Spielfilm): nominated
- 2010Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
- 2010Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
- 2010Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award-: winner
- 2014Top 10 Film Award-: nominated
- 2014International Panorama-International Panorama: nominated
- 2014Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 2014Jury Prize-: winner
- 2014Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll-Best Film: nominated
- 2014ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2014ICP Award-Best Editing: nominated
- 2014ARRI/OSRAM Award-Best International Film: nominated
- 2014Prix Louis Delluc-Best Film: nominated
- 2014VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2015Abraccine Award-Best International Feature Film (Melhor Longa Estrangeiro): winner
- 2015ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2015ICS Award-Best Editing: nominated
- 2015NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2018Palme d'Or Spéciale-: winner
- 2018Palme d'Or-: nominated
- 2018ICS Cannes Award-Grand Prix: winner
- 2018Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize-: nominated
- 2019Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
- 2019Best Film of the 2010s-Best Film: nominated
- 2019Swiss Film Prize-Best Editing (Beste Montage): nominated
- 2020ICS Award-Best Editing: nominated