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Pioneered surrealist cinema with dreamlike narratives and unconventional editing that challenged narrative logic itself.
Jean-Luc Godard FranceRevolutionary French New Wave director who deconstructed classical film grammar through jump cuts, breaking the fourth wall, and experimental narrative structures.
Dziga Vertov Soviet UnionInventor of 'Kino-Eye' technique, he rejected traditional storytelling to develop radical documentary methods using rapid montage and innovative camera perspectives.