Godard

American

[goh-dahrd, -dahr, gaw-dar] / goʊˈdɑrd, -ˈdɑr, gɔˈdar /

noun

Benjamin Louis Paul 1849–95, French violinist and composer.
Jean-Luc 1930–2022, French filmmaker.

Godard British

/ ɡɔdar /

noun

Jean-Luc (ʒɑ̃lyk). born 1930, French film director and writer associated with the New Wave of the 1960s. His works include À bout de souffle (1960), Weekend (1967), Sauve qui peut (1980), Nouvelle Vague (1990), and Éloge de l'amour (2003)

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The Prisoner could be straight out of a Godard film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

"I'm sure the Premier League would hope that the new layout of ownership will increase the appetite," Godard said.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025

Linklater's "Nouvelle Vague," streaming on Netflix from November 14, charts how young French director Jean-Luc Godard defied all filmmaking convention to create his 1960 classic "Breathless."

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures, a rare standout in a sea of multiplex mediocrity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

In order to avoid Godard, Grim fitted up a ship, and provisioned it, and with his wife Leve, his three sons, his two daughters, and Havelok, put out to sea.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

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