Director Jean-Luc Godard died on Tuesday at the age of 91, according to the French publication Libèration. The Franco-Swiss director was one of the fathers new wavewhose extensive career includes notable titles such as At the end of the run Live your own life and Alphaville.

Godard will be remembered as one of the standards of the French New Wave, along with François Truffaut, Eric Romer, Claude Chabrol and Jacques Rivette. His contribution to the seventh art has been surpassed by his particular vision, which has inspired a large number of subsequent filmmakers.

Distinguished by his original and avant-garde cinematography, he was an experimental creator who challenged the montage that was considered classic. He was one of the great innovators of European cinema, and his figure is also closely associated with the French “May 68”.

He was noted at the Cannes, Venice and Berlin festivals, and in 2010 the Hollywood Academy awarded him an honorary Oscar.

His latest film picture book, who competed in 2018 for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Although he did not receive an official award, the jury awarded him the first Palme d’Or in the festival’s history.