Jean-Luc Godard, one of the greatest directors of all time, passed away at the age of 91
The celebrated director ("To the Bride of the Breath", "To Live Her Life", "Mad Pierrot"), was one of the most influential French directors in the "New Wave" movement in the 1960s, and one of the first writers in the esteemed magazine "Cinema Notebooks" "
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13/09/2022
Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 11:08 a.m. Updated: 12:01 p.m.
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Jean-Luc Godard (Photo: AP)
The French director Jean-Luc Godard passed away today (Tuesday) at the age of 91 - this was reported in the media in France.
Godard was one of the most influential French directors of the "New Wave" movement in the 1960s, and is considered one of the greatest directors of all time.
He was born in Paris, studied in Lyon and at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
During his studies at the Sorbonne he was a member of a group of French film enthusiasts including Francois Truffaut, Jacques Rivet, and Eric Rohmer.
He was one of the first writers in the influential magazine "The Cinema Notebooks".
His first film (1954) was a documentary called "Opération béton".
In 1958 he filmed "Charlotte et son Jules", but his first major film was "À bout de souffle" ("Until the Breath", 1960) starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg.
The film received favorable reviews and commercial success in the world, and became a key film of the new wave style.
Another of his well-known films: "Live her life", "Pyero the crazy", "Male, Female" and more.
In 2010 he was awarded an honorary Oscar by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Godard was previously accused of anti-Semitism, following his several statements against Israel and against Jews.
He often referred to Israel as "a cancer on the map of the Middle East".
In 1960 he called the French producer Pierre Braunberger a "dirty Jew".
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