---
name: "Alain Godard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alain-godard"
fi1m_id: "alain-godard"
imdb_id: "nm0323708"
tmdb_id: 2358
wikidata_id: "Q21004785"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 June 1944"
died: "13 March 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:48:03.400644+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alain Godard

## Identity

Alain Godard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alain-godard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alain-godard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0323708
- **TMDB ID:** 2358
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21004785
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Godard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21004785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2358

Writer. Born 7 June 1944 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Died 13 March 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 June 1944, Boulogne-Billancourt
- **Died:** 13 March 2012
- **Active:** 1986–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://film.one/person/jean-jacques-annaud.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Godard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21004785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2358

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)

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## Biography

Alain Godard was a French screenwriter. Born on 7 June 1944 in Boulogne-Billancourt, he died on 13 March 2012.

He wrote screenplays for several films directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, including *The Name of the Rose* (1986), *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), *Two Brothers* (2004) and *Wolf Totem* (2015). Earlier credits include *Hothead* (1979) and *It's Not Me, It's Him* (1980). He also worked as an executive producer on *Enemy at the Gates*.

Before focusing on screenwriting, Godard had a career in advertising, holding positions at agencies including Publicis, Doyle Dane Bernbach and Euro RSCG.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wolf Totem* (2015), Writer
- *Black Gold* (2011), Adaptation
- *L'Abolition* (2009), Writer
- *L'Abolition* (2009), series, Writer
- *L'Affaire Ranucci : Le Combat d'une mère* (2007), Writer
- *Two Brothers* (2004), Screenplay
- *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Tombé du nid* (1999), Writer
- *La Femme du cosmonaute* (1997), Writer
- *Wings of Courage* (1995), Screenplay
- *Yanks* (1988), Musical
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *Palace* (1985), Writer
- *Outward Signs of Wealth* (1983), Writer
- *It's Not Me, It's Him* (1980), Screenplay
- *Hothead* (1979), Idea, Screenstory
- *Too Shy to Try* (1978), Screenplay

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