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Jean-Luc Godard: Master of French cinema who pushed boundaries

At his best, the Franco-Swiss film director and Young Turk of the New Wave was responsible for some of the most sublime moments of 1960s screen time

The Independent UK

French Cinema Giant Jean-Luc Godard Dies Aged 91

Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century and the father of the French New Wave, died "peacefully at home" on Tuesday aged 91, his family said. His legal counsel later confirmed he died by assisted suicide.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Leading New Wave Film Director Jean-Luc Godard Dies Aged 91

Film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France's New Wave cinema who pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic directors decades after his 1960s heyday, died on Tuesday aged 91, his family and producers said. Godard was among the world's most acclaimed directors, known for such classics as "Breathless" and "Contempt",…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Jean-Luc Godard, deeply influential French New Wave filmmaker, dies at 91

Jean-Luc Godard, the influential French New Wave writer-director who broke new ground in cinematic expression in the 1960s with films such as “Breathless,” “Contempt” and “Weekend” and became a guiding light to fellow filmmakers throughout his more than six-decade career, has died. He was 91.

Los Angeles Times

Film director Jean-Luc Godard of the French New Wave has died at 91

Godard, the "enfant terrible" of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his debut feature Breathless, stood for years as one of the most vital and provocative directors.

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Leading New Wave film director Jean-Luc Godard dies aged 91

Reuters

Michel Bouquet obituary

Actor who played a series of wicked men in the French New Wave, including in Claude Chabrol’s La Femme Infidèle

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