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Nouvelle Vague filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard at 90
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a small group of French filmmakers turned cinema on its head. The Nouvelle Vague, or New Wave, broke all the established rules of filmmaking and rewrote them.
Franco-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard was one of the leading lights of this new style of cinema.
Critics rate him among the top 10 directors of all time, and he has had a direct influence on the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Bernardo Bertolucci, Steven Soderbergh and Martin Scorsese.
Born in Paris on December 3, 1930, Godard moved to Switzerland with his family at age 4.
For much of his youth he lived on the Swiss side of Lake Geneva, where his father, a physician, ran a clinic. He returned to Paris after the war, to complete his baccalaureate.
Interest in anthropology influenced filmmaking style
He studied at the University of Paris and planned to pursue a career in anthropology.
Although he never completed his degree, his interest in ethn
