François Truffaut
Directing • Born 1932-02-06 – Died 1984-10-21
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.
Filmography
79 credits
Bed and Board
Movie • 1970
Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild Child
Movie • 1970
Le Dr Jean Itard
Small Change
Movie • 1976
Martine's father
Day for Night
Movie • 1973
Ferrand, the Director
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Movie • 1977
Claude Lacombe
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
Movie • 1978
Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Omnibus: François Truffaut
Movie • 1973
Self
The Green Room
Movie • 1978
Julien Davenne
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Sous le soleil de Pialat
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Two in the Wave
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Movie • 1992
Self (archive footage)
The Story of Adèle H.
Movie • 1975
Officer (uncredited)
Looking for Truffaut
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Movie • 1975
Self
Godard by Godard
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Carl Th. Dreyer
Movie • 1966
Self
Passion Fanny Ardant
Movie • 2023
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Movie • 1964
Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
The 400 Blows
Movie • 1959
Man in Funfair (uncredited)
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
Movie • 2004
Self (audio archival footage)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Movie • 2000
Self
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
Movie • 2020
Self
Langlois
Movie • 1970
Self
The Man Who Loved Women
Movie • 1977
Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
Los 4 Golpes
Movie • 1962
The Assassin
The Birth of Children of Paradise
Movie • 1967
Self
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
Movie • 1965
Self
Portrait of François Truffaut
Movie • 1961
Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films
Movie • 1970
Self
Postface à l’Atalante
Movie • 2025
Self
To Be... A Classic
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
The Army Game
Movie • 1960
Le taulard passionné de lecture
François Truffaut l'insoumis
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Movie • 2019
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Take It All
Movie • 1963
Self (uncredited)
The Soft Skin
Movie • 1964
Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
Two English Girls
Movie • 1971
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Vadim Mister Cool
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Les secrets de François Truffaut
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child
Movie • 1994
Self
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Movie • 2018
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
The Kreutzer Sonata
Movie • 1956
Cameo (uncredited)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
The World of Jacques Demy
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Movie • 2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Fool’s Mate
Movie • 1956
Party guest (uncredited)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Jim Morrison: The End
Movie • 2021
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain
Movie • 1996
Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
Movie • 2019
Self (Archive Footage)
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Movie • 1972
Un journaliste(voix) (non crédité)
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
Movie • 2016
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Ain't Misbehavin
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Un film et son époque
TV • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Apostrophes
TV • 1975
Self
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Reflets de Cannes
TV • 1954
Self
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self
Les Musiciens de la pellicule
TV • 1974
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