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François Truffaut

François Truffaut

Director · 1932–1984 · Paris, France

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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.

Directed 27

Wrote 36

Acted in 18

2020s

  1. 2021

    Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort

    archive footage

  2. Morceaux de Cannes

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2016

    Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1964
  2. 1960

    The Army Game

    Le taulard passionné de lecture

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1956

    Fool’s Mate

    Party guest (uncredited)

  3. The Kreutzer Sonata

    Cameo (uncredited)

Produced 18

Other crew 1

Appearances61

2020s

  1. 2026

    Determination

    Self (archival footage)

  2. 2025

    Being Bo Widerberg

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Postface à l’Atalante

    Self

  4. 2024

    François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

    Self (archive footage)

  5. 2023

    Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

    Self (archive footage)

  6. Passion Fanny Ardant

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  7. Godard Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Godard by Godard

    Self (archive footage)

  9. 2022

    Deneuve, la reine Catherine

    Self (archive footage)

  10. 2021

    Sous le soleil de Pialat

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Jim Morrison: The End

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  12. Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

    Self (archive footage)

  13. 2020

    François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

    Self

  14. Les secrets de François Truffaut

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2019

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Self (Archive Footage)

  2. André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  3. When Hitchcock met O'Casey

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2018

    Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  6. 2017

    John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  7. 2016

    Vadim Mister Cool

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

    Self (archive footage)

  9. 2015

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Self

  10. 2014

    François Truffaut l'insoumis

    Self (archive footage)

  11. 2013
  12. 2010

    Two in the Wave

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2009

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2006

    Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 2004

    Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Self (audio archival footage)

  4. 2003

    Un film et son époque

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

  5. 2002

    Heart of the Festival

    Self (archive footage)

  6. 2001

    Léaud l'unique

    Self (archive) - filmmaker

  7. 2000

    Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1996

    François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child

    Self (archive footage)

  3. François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 1995

    The World of Jacques Demy

    Self (archive footage)

  5. 1994

    The Secret of the Wild Child

    Self

  6. 1993

    François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

    Self (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1978

    Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

    Self

  2. 1977

    François Truffaut

    Self

  3. 1975

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself

    Self

  4. 1974
  5. 1972
  6. 1971
  7. 1970

    Langlois

    Self

  8. Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films

    Self

1960s

  1. 1967
  2. 1966

    Carl Th. Dreyer

    Self

  3. 1965

    Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

    Self

  4. 1964

    Pour le plaisir

    Self · 2 episodes

  5. La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

    Self

  6. 1963

    Take It All

    Self (uncredited)

  7. 1962
  8. 1961

    Portrait of François Truffaut

    Self

1950s

  1. 1956
  2. 1954

    Reflets de Cannes

    Self · 2 episodes