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Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

7 films · 393 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19632017

Born 3 December 1930 · Paris, France · died 13 September 2022

Jean-Luc Godard was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement and was arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 393 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19632017

  • Palme d'Or2018
  • Golden Lion1983
  • Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement1982
  • Golden Bear1965
  • Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution1961
  • Silver Bear for Best Director1960
  • Silver Bear
  • Jury Prize2014
  • Academy Honorary Award2011
  • European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award2007
  • Praemium Imperiale2002
  • Honorary César1998

How their films are shot

Measured across 393 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jean-Luc takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 74% of their frames are day, 54% natural — the look of the work Jean-Luc takes.

Time of day

Day74%
Night19%
Interior6%

Lighting

Natural54%
High key24%
Low key15%
Silhouette5%

Shot size

Medium33%
Closeup33%
Wide23%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle7%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral86%
Lonely8%
Tense5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 393 frames from Jean-Luc Godard's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.