From his Franco-Swiss descent to failing his secondary education: Check out lesser-known facts about legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard

Godard was born on December 3 into a French-Swiss family with large estates. He lived a life of luxury and even failed his secondary education. He got introduced to the cinema in Paris and met other celebrated filmmakers of the time such as Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol, and François Truffaut. He started his career in a documentary leading him to enter feature films. He is the director of iconic French films such as Breathless, Pierrot le Fou, Masculin Féminin and Contempt. Take a look back at his life with these lesser-known facts.