Jean-Luc Godard: Performing Artist in New York

About Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard was a French-Swiss director, screenwriter, and critic whose films helped define the French New Wave through formal disruption and restless inquiry. His work treats editing, sound, and camera placement as arguments, often breaking narrative flow to expose how images persuade. In New York City, his films and related programs have been presented in museum contexts such as the Museum of Modern Art, including pairings with Anne-Marie Miéville and historical selections like D. W. Griffith’s Biograph shorts. His approach favors rigor over polish.