Jean-François Adam

Born: 1938-02-14 in Paris, France

Died: 1980-10-14

Known For: Acting

Biography

Jean-François Adam (1935/1936 – 14 October 1980) was a French actor and director. Adam was an assistant to French filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville. He is known for having played the small role of Colette's lover in the Antoine Doinel saga, and for playing the philosophy teacher in the French drama film Graduate First (1978), directed by Maurice Pialat. Adam directed the French drama film Return to the Beloved (1979), which stars Isabelle Huppert. He was also a part-time clown. Adam was married to Brigitte Fossey, and had a daughter, the actress Marie Adam. At the age of 44 Adam shot himself. Source: Article "Jean-François Adam" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

1979

Return to the Beloved as Police Inspector Corbin

1978

Graduate First as Philosophy teacher

1976

The Game of Solitaire ... (Director)

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self

1974

The Secret as Claude Vandal

1973

'M' as in Mathieu ... (Director)

1968

Stolen Kisses as Albert Tazzi (uncredited)

1966

Le Deuxième Souffle ... (Assistant Director)

1964

The Soft Skin ... (Assistant Director)

1962

Cléo from 5 to 7 ... (Unit Production Manager)
Vivre Sa Vie ... (Unit Manager)
Love at Twenty as Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")
Antoine and Colette as Albert Tazzi

1960

The Army Game as Un troupier