François Truffaut

Personal Info

Known For Directing

Known Credits 102

Gender Male

Birthday February 6, 1932

Day of Death October 21, 1984 (52 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As

프랑수아 트뤼포
弗朗索瓦·特吕弗
프랑소와 트뤼포

Content Score

100

Yes! Looking good!

Keyboard Shortcuts

François Truffaut

Biography

François Roland Truffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 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

Directing

2004

… Director

1983

… Director

1981

… Director

1980

… Director

1979

… Director

1978

… Director

1977

… Director

1976

… Director

1975

… Director

1973

… Director

1972

… Director

1971

… Director

1970		Bed and Board … Director
1970		The Wild Child … Director

1969

… Director

1968		Stolen Kisses … Director
1968		The Bride Wore Black … Director

1966

… Director

1964

… Director

1962		Los 4 Golpes … Director
1962		Love at Twenty … Director
1962		Antoine and Colette … Director
1962		Jules and Jim … Director

1961

… Director

1960		The Army Game … Co-Director
1960		Shoot the Piano Player … Director

1959

… Director

1957

… Director

1955

… Director

Acting

2023		Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self (archive footage)
2023		Fanny Ardant - Naissance d'une passion as Himself (archive)
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

2020		A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner as Self (archive footage)
2020		Les secrets de François Truffaut as Self

2019

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2018		Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
2018		Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017

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

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

as Self (archive footage)

2012

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

as Self (archive footage)

2004

as Self (audio archival footage)

2003

(1 episode) as Self (archive footage)

2000

as Self

1999

as Self (archive footage)

1997

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

as Self (archive footage)

1994

as Self

1993

as Self (archive footage)

1992

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 (non crédité)

1976

as Martines Vater

1975		The Story of Adele H. as Officer (uncredited)
1975		I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Self
1975		Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (5 episodes) as Self
1975		Apostrophes (3 episodes) as Self

1974

(4 episodes) as Self

1973		Omnibus: François Truffaut as Self
1973		Day for Night as Directeur Ferrand

1972

(1 episode) as Self

1971

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		François Truffaut, dix ans dix films as Self

1968

as Self

1967

as Self

1966

as Self

1965

as Self

1964		La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self
1964		The Soft Skin as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)

1963

as Self (uncredited)

1962		The Merv Griffin Show (1 episode) as Self
1962		Los 4 Golpes as El Asasino (The Assassin)

1961

as Self

1960

as Le taulard passionné de lecture

1959

as Man in Funfair (uncredited)

1956		Fool's Mate as Party guest (uncredited)
1956		Cinépanorama (2 episodes) as Self
1956		The Kreutzer Sonata as Cameo (uncredited)

1955

(1 episode) as Self (archive footage) (1 episode) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Writing

2023

… Original Film Writer

2011

… Idea

1995

(3 episodes) … Writer

1988

… Story

1983		The Man Who Loved Women … Original Film Writer
1983		Confidentially Yours … Screenplay
1983		Breathless … Author

1981

… Screenplay

1980

… Dialogue … Screenplay

1979

… Screenplay

1978

… Screenplay

1977

… Screenplay

1976

… Screenplay

1975

… Screenplay

1973

… Screenplay

1972

… Writer

1971

… Adaptation

1970		Bed and Board … Screenplay … Dialogue
1970		The Wild Child … Adaptation … Dialogue … Screenplay

1969

… Adaptation

1968		Stolen Kisses … Screenplay … Dialogue
1968		The Bride Wore Black … Adaptation

1966

… Screenplay

1964		The Soft Skin … Screenplay
1964		Mata Hari, Agent H21 … Screenplay

1962		Antoine and Colette … Writer
1962		Love at Twenty … Writer
1962		A Swelled Head … Writer
1962		Jules and Jim … Adaptation

1961

… Writer

1960		Shoot the Piano Player … Adaptation … Dialogue
1960		The Army Game … Adaptation
1960		Breathless … Original Story

1959

… Adaptation … Screenplay

1958

… Writer

1957

… Screenplay

Production

1983

… Producer

1981

… Producer

1980

… Producer

1979

… Producer

1978

… Producer

1977

… Producer

1976		Small Change … Producer
1976		That Kid … Producer

1970

… Producer

1969		Mississippi Mermaid … Producer
1969		Naked Childhood … Producer

1968

… Producer

1964

… Producer

1962

… Producer

1961

… Producer

1960		The Army Game … Producer
1960		Testament of Orpheus … Associate Producer

1959

… Producer

1958

… Producer

Crew

1987

… In Memory Of

Personal Info

Content Score

François Truffaut

Biography

Known For

Directing

Acting

Writing

Production

Crew

Global

On media pages

On TV season pages

On TV episode pages

On all image pages

On all edit pages

On discussion pages

Settings