François Truffaut

Feb 06, 1932 - Oct 21, 1984 (52 years old) in Paris, France

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

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Omnibus

Self

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Claude Lacombe

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À tout prendre

Self (uncredited)

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The Kreutzer Sonata

Cameo (uncredited)

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Day for Night

Ferrand, the Director

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Two English Girls

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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The 400 Blows

Man in Funfair (uncredited)

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The Wild Child

Le Dr Jean Itard

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André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Credits

Postface à l’Atalante 2025

Self

★ NR
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.4
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.3
Passion Fanny Ardant 2023

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

★ 7.8
Godard Cinema 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.5
Godard by Godard 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.8
Sous le soleil de Pialat 2021

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Jim Morrison: The End 2021

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

★ 7.4
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte 2021

★ 8
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! 2020

Self

★ 6
Les secrets de François Truffaut 2020

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut 2019

Self (Archive Footage)

★ 10
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer 2019

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

★ 6
When Hitchcock met O'Casey 2019

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit 2018

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

★ 7
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood 2017

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

★ 7.3
Vadim Mister Cool 2016

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.1
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture 2016

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5
François Truffaut l'insoumis 2014

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.7
To Be... A Classic 2012

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Two in the Wave 2010

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.3
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là 2010

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' 2009

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
On the Trail of the New Wave 2009

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Looking for Truffaut 2009

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' 2006

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years 2004

Self (audio archival footage)

★ 6
Un film et son époque 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ 10
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas 2000

Self

★ NR
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock 1999

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.5
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo 1997

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain 1996

Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker

★ NR
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death 1996

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child 1996

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7
The World of Jacques Demy 1995

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8
The Secret of the Wild Child 1994

Self

★ 8
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits 1993

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.1
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave 1992

Self (archive footage)

★ 3.3
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness 1978

Self

★ NR
The Green Room 1978

Julien Davenne

★ 6.6
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

Claude Lacombe

★ 7.3
The Man Who Loved Women 1977

Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Small Change 1976

Martine's father

★ 7.1
The Story of Adele H. 1975

Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.9
I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1975

Self

★ 6.4
Les Musiciens de la pellicule 1974

lui-même

★ NR
Omnibus: François Truffaut 1973

Self

★ NR
Day for Night 1973

Ferrand, the Director

★ 7.8
Le Grand Échiquier 1972

Self

★ 8
Two English Girls 1971

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Langlois 1970

Self

★ 4.5
Bed and Board 1970

Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Wild Child 1970

Le Dr Jean Itard

★ 7
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films 1970

Self

★ NR
Omnibus 1967

Self

★ 7.2
The Birth of Children of Paradise 1967

Self

★ NR
Carl Th. Dreyer 1966

Self

★ 6.7
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit 1965

Self

★ 6
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même 1964

Self

★ 6
The Soft Skin 1964

Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.1
À tout prendre 1963

Self (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Los 4 Golpes 1962

The Assassin

★ 5.4
Portrait of François Truffaut 1961

Self

★ NR
The Army Game 1960

Le taulard passionné de lecture

★ 5.1
The 400 Blows 1959

Man in Funfair (uncredited)

★ 8
Fool’s Mate 1956

Party guest (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Kreutzer Sonata 1956

Cameo (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Reflets de Cannes 1954

Self

★ 2

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