GODARD, JEAN-LUC

born Dec. 3, 1930, Paris, Fr. French film director who came to prominence with the New Wave group in France during the late 1950s and the 1960s. Additional reading Collections of essays include Charles Barr et al., The Films of Jean-Luc Godard, 2nd rev. and enlarged ed. (1969); Toby Mussman (comp.), Jean-Luc Godard: A Critical Anthology (1968); and Colin McCabe, Godard: Images, Sounds, Politics (1980). Other English material includes Richard Roud, Jean-Luc Godard, 2nd ed. (1970); and John Kreidl, Jean-Luc Godard (1980).