Jean-François Adam
Acting • Born 1938-02-14 – Died 1980-10-14
Biography
Jean-François Adam (1935/1936 – 14 October 1980) was a French actor and director. Adam was an assistant to French filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville. He is known for having played the small role of Colette's lover in the Antoine Doinel saga, and for playing the philosophy teacher in the French drama film Graduate First (1978), directed by Maurice Pialat. Adam directed the French drama film Return to the Beloved (1979), which stars Isabelle Huppert. He was also a part-time clown. Adam was married to Brigitte Fossey, and had a daughter, the actress Marie Adam. At the age of 44 Adam shot himself. Source: Article "Jean-François Adam" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
8 credits
Antoine and Colette
Movie • 1962
Albert Tazzi
The Secret
Movie • 1974
Claude Vandal
Love at Twenty
Movie • 1962
Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")
Return to the Beloved
Movie • 1979
Police Inspector Corbin
Graduate First
Movie • 1978
Philosophy teacher
The Army Game
Movie • 1960
Un troupier
Stolen Kisses
Movie • 1968
Albert Tazzi (uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self