Godard

American  

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

noun

1. Benjamin Louis Paul 1849–95, French violinist and composer.

2. Jean-Luc 1930–2022, French filmmaker.

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Godard British  

/ ɡɔdar /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

He adds: “In fact, it already produced the Nouvelle Vague of people like François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Cinematic montage — pioneered by Sergei Eisenstein and reinvented by Jean-Luc Godard — becomes an organizing principle of the exhibit, as artworks compete for attention.

From Los Angeles Times

Her best performance likely came in Jean-Luc Godard’s acclaimed 1963 melancholy adaptation “Contempt,” as a wife who falls out of love with her husband.

From Los Angeles Times

She also inspired French New Wave directors like Jean-Luc Godard, who chose her to star in what would become one of his most critically acclaimed films, “Contempt.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Godard says "nobody has the economics" to challenge Sky Sports at present.

From BBC