François Truffaut
February 6, 1932 (92 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
Credits
- 2024 · François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay as Self
- 2023 · Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Passion Fanny Ardant as Self – Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Sous le soleil de Pialat as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Jim Morrison: The End as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2021 · Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte as
- 2020 · François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! as Self
- 2020 · Les secrets de François Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2019 · When Hitchcock met O'Casey as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2017 · John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2016 · Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Hitchcock/Truffaut as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014 · François Truffaut l'insoumis as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · To Be... A Classic as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Two in the Wave as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Looking for Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years as Self (audio archival footage)
- 2003 · Un film et son époque as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas as Self
- 1999 · Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · The World of Jacques Demy as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · The Secret of the Wild Child as Self
- 1993 · François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 · Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness as Self
- 1978 · The Green Room as Julien Davenne
- 1977 · Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Claude Lacombe
- 1977 · The Man Who Loved Women as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
- 1976 · Small Change as Martine's father
- 1975 · The Story of Adele H. as Officer (uncredited)
- 1975 · I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1973 · Omnibus: François Truffaut as Self
- 1973 · Day for Night as Directeur Ferrand
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Two English Girls as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970 · Langlois as Self
- 1970 · Bed and Board as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970 · The Wild Child as Le Dr Jean Itard
- 1970 · Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films as Self
- 1968 · Postface à l’Atalante as Self
- 1967 · The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self
- 1966 · Carl Th. Dreyer as Self
- 1965 · Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit as Self
- 1964 · La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self
- 1964 · The Soft Skin as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
- 1963 · Take It All as Self (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Los 4 Golpes as El Asasino (The Assassin)
- 1961 · Portrait of François Truffaut as Self
- 1960 · The Army Game as Le taulard passionné de lecture
- 1960 · Cinépanorama: François Truffaut, 1960 as Self
- 1959 · The 400 Blows as Man in Funfair (uncredited)
- 1956 · Fool’s Mate as Party guest (uncredited)
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1956 · The Kreutzer Sonata as Cameo (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 · Reflets de Cannes as Self