François Truffaut
- Directing
- February 6, 1932 · Paris, France
- October 21, 1984
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Determination · Self
- Being Bo Widerberg · Self
- Postface à l’Atalante · Self
- Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses · Original Film Writer
- François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay · Self
- Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera · Self
- Passion Fanny Ardant · Self
- Godard Cinema · Self
- Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door · Original Film Writer
- Godard by Godard · Self
- Deneuve, la reine Catherine · Self
- Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort · archive footage
- Sous le soleil de Pialat · Self
- Jim Morrison: The End · Self
- Morceaux de Cannes
- Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte · Self
- François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! · Self
- Les secrets de François Truffaut · Self
- Introducing My Father, François Truffaut · Self
- André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer · Self
- When Hitchcock met O'Casey · Self
- Françoise Dorléac, une promesse · Self
- Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit · Self
- John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood · Self
- Vadim Mister Cool · Self
- Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
- Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture · Self
- Hitchcock/Truffaut · Self
- François Truffaut l'insoumis · Self
- Ain't Misbehavin · Self
- To Be... A Classic · Self
- The Magic Skin · Idea
- Two in the Wave · Self
- Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là · Self
- Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' · Self
- On the Trail of the New Wave · Self
- Looking for Truffaut · Self
- Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' · Self
- Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years · Self
- Their First Films · Director
- Un film et son époque · Self
- The Truth About Charlie · Original Film Writer
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Léaud l'unique · Self
- Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas · Self
- Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock · Self
- Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo · Self
- Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain · Self
- François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death · Self
- François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child · Self
- The World of Jacques Demy · Self
- Belle Époque · Writer
- The Secret of the Wild Child · Self
- François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits · Self
- Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave · Self
- The Little Thief · Story
- Wings of Desire · In Memory Of
- The Man Who Loved Women · Original Film Writer
- Confidentially Yours · Director, Screenplay
- Breathless · Author
- The Woman Next Door · Screenplay, Director
- The Last Metro · Screenplay, Producer
- Love on the Run · Director, Producer
- Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness · Self
- The Green Room · Julien Davenne, Producer
- Ciné regards · Self
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Claude Lacombe
- François Truffaut · Self
- The Man Who Loved Women · Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited), Screenplay
- Small Change · Martine's father, Screenplay
- That Kid · Producer
- The Story of Adèle H. · Officer (uncredited), Director
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself · Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- Apostrophes · Self
- Les Musiciens de la pellicule · lui-même
- Spécial cinéma · Self
- Omnibus: François Truffaut · Self
- Day for Night · Ferrand, the Director, Screenplay
- A Gorgeous Kid Like Me · Journalist (voice) (uncredited), Director