François Truffaut
Born: 1932-02-06 in Paris, France
Died: 1984-10-21
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Postface à l’Atalante as Self
2024
- François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay as Self (archive footage)
- Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses ... (Original Film Writer)
2023
- Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self (archive footage)
- Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
- Passion Fanny Ardant as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door ... (Original Film Writer)
2021
- Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte as Self (archive footage)
- Jim Morrison: The End as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Sous le soleil de Pialat as Self (archive footage)
2020
- François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! as Self
- Les secrets de François Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
2019
- André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- When Hitchcock met O'Casey as Self (archive footage)
- Introducing My Father, François Truffaut as Self (Archive Footage)
2018
- Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
2017
- John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
- Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture as Self (archive footage)
- Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
2014
- François Truffaut l'insoumis as Self (archive footage)
2012
- To Be... A Classic as Self (archive footage)
2011
- The Magic Skin ... (Idea)
2010
- Two in the Wave as Self (archive footage)
- Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self (archive footage)
2009
- Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' as Self (archive footage)
- On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- Their First Films ... (Director)
2003
- Un film et son époque as Self (archive footage)
2002
- The Truth About Charlie ... (Original Film Writer)
2000
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 - Love & Death as Self (archive footage)
- François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child as Self (archive footage)
- Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain as Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
1995
- The World of Jacques Demy as Self (archive footage)
- Belle Époque ... (Writer)
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)
1988
- The Little Thief ... (Story)
1987
- Wings of Desire ... (In Memory Of)
1983
- Breathless ... (Author)
- Confidentially Yours ... (Director)
- The Man Who Loved Women ... (Original Film Writer)
1981
- The Woman Next Door ... (Producer)
1980
- The Last Metro ... (Director)
1979
- Love on the Run ... (Producer)
1978
- Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness as Self
- The Green Room as Julien Davenne
1977
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Claude Lacombe
- The Man Who Loved Women as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
1976
- Small Change as Martine's father
- That Kid ... (Producer)
1975
- Apostrophes as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- The Story of Adèle H. as Officer (uncredited)
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Self
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Les Musiciens de la pellicule as lui-même
1973
- Day for Night as Ferrand, the Director
- Omnibus: François Truffaut as Self
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- A Gorgeous Girl Like Me ... (Director)
1971
- Two English Girls as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970
- Langlois as Self
- The Wild Child as Le Dr Jean Itard
- Bed and Board as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
- Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films as Self
1969
- Mississippi Mermaid ... (Director)
- Naked Childhood ... (Producer)
1968
- Stolen Kisses ... (Director)
- The Bride Wore Black ... (Director)
1967
- Omnibus as Self
- The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self
1966
- Fahrenheit 451 ... (Screenplay)
- Carl Th. Dreyer as Self
1964
- Mata Hari, Agent H21 ... (Screenplay)
- The Soft Skin as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
- La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self
1963
- À tout prendre as Self (uncredited)
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Love at Twenty ... (Writer)
- Jules and Jim ... (Producer)
- A Swelled Head ... (Writer)
- Antoine and Colette ... (Director)
- Los 4 Golpes as The Assassin
1961
- A Story of Water ... (Writer)
- Le scarabée d'or ... (Producer)
- Portrait of François Truffaut as Self
1960
- The Army Game as Le taulard passionné de lecture
- Breathless ... (Original Story)
- Testament of Orpheus ... (Associate Producer)
- Shoot the Piano Player ... (Director)
1959
- The 400 Blows as Man in Funfair (uncredited)
1958
- The Overworked ... (Writer)
- Anna the Maid ... (Producer)
1957
- The Mischief Makers ... (Director)
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
- Fool’s Mate as Party guest (uncredited)
- The Kreutzer Sonata as Cameo (uncredited)
1955
- A Visit ... (Director)
1954
- Reflets de Cannes as Self