Jean-Luc Godard
The lynchpin of the French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard was arguably the most influential filmmaker of the postwar era. Beginning with his groundbreaking 1959 feature debut A Bout de Souffle, Godard revo...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
12/02/1930
Paris, France |
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