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François Truffaut

Born: 1932-02-06

From: Paris, France

About: 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.

Film credits:

Bed and Board

Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)

The Wild Child

Le Dr Jean Itard

Small Change

Martine's father

Day for Night

Ferrand, the Director

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Claude Lacombe

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

Self

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Self (archive footage)

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

Self (archive footage)

Omnibus: François Truffaut

Self

The Green Room

Julien Davenne

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

Sous le soleil de Pialat

Self (archive footage)

Two in the Wave

Self (archive footage)

Godard Cinema

Self (archive footage)

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Self (archive footage)

The Story of Adele H.

Officer (uncredited)

Looking for Truffaut

Self (archive footage)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Self

Godard by Godard

Self (archive footage)

Carl Th. Dreyer

Self

Passion Fanny Ardant

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

Self (archive footage)

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

Self

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

Self (archive footage)

The 400 Blows

Man in Funfair (uncredited)

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

Self (audio archival footage)

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

Self

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

Self (archive footage)

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

Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

Self

Langlois

Self

The Man Who Loved Women

Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)

Los 4 Golpes

The Assassin

The Birth of Children of Paradise

Self

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

Self

Portrait of François Truffaut

Self

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

Self

Postface à l’Atalante

Self

To Be... A Classic

Self (archive footage)

The Army Game

Le taulard passionné de lecture

François Truffaut l'insoumis

Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

Self (archive footage)

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

À tout prendre

Self (uncredited)

The Soft Skin

Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)

Two English Girls

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Vadim Mister Cool

Self (archive footage)

Les secrets de François Truffaut

Self (archive footage)

The Secret of the Wild Child

Self

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

On the Trail of the New Wave

Self (archive footage)

The Kreutzer Sonata

Cameo (uncredited)

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo

Self (archive footage)

The World of Jacques Demy

Self (archive footage)

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

Self (archive footage)

Fool’s Mate

Party guest (uncredited)

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

Self (archive footage)

Jim Morrison: The End

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

When Hitchcock met O'Casey

Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

Self (archive footage)

Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain

Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

Self (Archive Footage)