Iconic director, screenwriter and critic Jean-Luc Godard passed away on Tuesday, French newspaper The Liberation reported. The cause of his death remains unrevealed at the moment.
Godard was born in 1930 in Paris. He started as a movie critic in 1050ies and joined the French cinema clubs that started the New Wave. Then he became a director and gained worldwide fame with his 1960 movie Breathless (À bout de souffle), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, after which other famous works followed, including A Woman Is a Woman, Pierrot le Fou, The Carabineers, The Little Soldier, and many others.
In total, he contributed to over 40 feature films as director, producer and writer, making a huge impact on a generation of European movie makers.