Jean-Luc Godard, who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his debut feature 'Breathless' and stood for years as one of the world's most vital and provocative directors, has died.
Godard defied convention over a long career that began in the 1950s as a film critic. He rewrote rules for camera, sound and narrative.
Born into a wealthy French-Swiss family on Dec. 3, 1930 in Paris, Godard grew up in Nyon, Switzerland, studied ethnology at the Sorbonne in France's capital, where he was increasingly drawn to the cultural scene that flourished in the Latin Quarter"cine-club" after World War II. Returning to Paris, Godard worked as spokesman for an artists' agency and made his first feature in 1957 -"All Boys Are Called Patrick," released in 1959 - and continued to hone his writing.
He spiced it all up with references to Hollywood gangster movies, and nods to literature and visual art.
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