
François Truffaut
Directing
- Born:
- 1932-02-06
- Died:
- 1984-10-21
- Place of birth:
- Paris, France
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

Being Bo Widerberg

Postface à l’Atalante

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

Passion Fanny Ardant

Godard Cinema

Godard by Godard

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort

Sous le soleil de Pialat

Jim Morrison: The End

Morceaux de Cannes

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

Les secrets de François Truffaut

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

When Hitchcock met O'Casey

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Vadim Mister Cool

Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

Hitchcock/Truffaut

François Truffaut l'insoumis

Ain't Misbehavin
To Be... A Classic

Two in the Wave

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
On the Trail of the New Wave
Looking for Truffaut

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

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

Un film et son époque

Heart of the Festival

Léaud l'unique

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain

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

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

The World of Jacques Demy

The Secret of the Wild Child

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

The Green Room

Ciné regards

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

François Truffaut

The Man Who Loved Women

Small Change

The Story of Adèle H.

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Apostrophes

Les Musiciens de la pellicule

Spécial cinéma
Omnibus: François Truffaut

Day for Night

A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

Le Grand Échiquier

Two English Girls

Langlois

Bed and Board

The Wild Child

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

Omnibus
The Birth of Children of Paradise

Carl Th. Dreyer

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

Pour le plaisir

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

The Soft Skin

Take It All

The Merv Griffin Show
Los 4 Golpes

Portrait of François Truffaut

The Army Game

The 400 Blows

Fool’s Mate

Cinépanorama

The Kreutzer Sonata

Reflets de Cannes