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Name
François Truffaut

Known For
Directing

Birthday
1932-02-06

Deathday
1984-10-21 (52 years old)

Place of Birth
Paris, France

Biography

François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five films. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Truffaut was one of the most influential figures of the French New Wave, inspiring directors such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1970 Bed and Board as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
1970 The Wild Child as Le Dr Jean Itard
1976 Small Change as Martine's father
1973 Day for Night as Ferrand, the Director
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Claude Lacombe
1978 Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness as Self
2009 Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' as Self (archive footage)
1999 Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock as Self (archive footage)
1973 Omnibus: François Truffaut as Self
1978 The Green Room as Julien Davenne
2021 Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte as Self (archive footage)
2021 Sous le soleil de Pialat as Self (archive footage)
2010 Two in the Wave as Self (archive footage)
2023 Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
1992 Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave as Self (archive footage)
1975 The Story of Adèle H. as Officer (uncredited)
2009 Looking for Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
1975 I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Self
2023 Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
1966 Carl Th. Dreyer as Self
2023 Passion Fanny Ardant as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2023 Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self (archive footage)
1964 La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self
2006 Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' as Self (archive footage)
1959 The 400 Blows as Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
2016 Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture as Self (archive footage)
2004 Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years as Self (audio archival footage)
2000 Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas as Self
1996 François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child as Self (archive footage)
1996 François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death as Self (archive footage)
2020 François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! as Self
1970 Langlois as Self
1977 The Man Who Loved Women as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
1962 Los 4 Golpes as The Assassin
1967 The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self
1965 Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit as Self
1961 Portrait of François Truffaut as Self
1970 Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films as Self
2025 Postface à l’Atalante as Self
2012 To Be... A Classic as Self (archive footage)
1960 The Army Game as Le taulard passionné de lecture
2014 François Truffaut l'insoumis as Self (archive footage)
1993 François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits as Self (archive footage)
2019 André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
1963 Take It All as Self (uncredited)
1964 The Soft Skin as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
1971 Two English Girls as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2016 Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
2020 Les secrets de François Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
1994 The Secret of the Wild Child as Self
2018 Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2009 On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)
1956 The Kreutzer Sonata as Cameo (uncredited)
1997 Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo as Self (archive footage)
1995 The World of Jacques Demy as Self (archive footage)
2017 John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2010 Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self (archive footage)
1956 Fool’s Mate as Party guest (uncredited)
2018 Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
2021 Jim Morrison: The End as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019 When Hitchcock met O'Casey as Self (archive footage)
2024 François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay as Self (archive footage)
1996 Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain as Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
2019 Introducing My Father, François Truffaut as Self (Archive Footage)
1972 A Gorgeous Kid Like Me as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
2016 Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2022 Deneuve, la reine Catherine as Self (archive footage)
2002 Heart of the Festival as Self (archive footage)
2013 Ain't Misbehavin as Self (archive footage)
2021 Morceaux de Cannes
2021 Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort as archive footage
1977 François Truffaut as Self
2001 Léaud l'unique as Self (archive) - filmmaker
2025 Being Bo Widerberg as Self (archive footage)
2026 Determination as Self (archival footage)

1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Un film et son époque ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
1974 Spécial cinéma ( 4 episodes ) as Self
1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 5 episodes ) as Self
1975 Apostrophes ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1956 Cinépanorama ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1954 Reflets de Cannes ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Self
1974 Les Musiciens de la pellicule ( 1 episode ) as lui-même
1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
1964 Pour le plaisir ( 2 episodes ) as Self

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