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Known For Acting

Known Credits 14

Gender Male

Birthday February 14, 1938

Day of Death October 14, 1980 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

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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.

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.

Acting

1979
1978
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1974
1968
1962
1962
1960

Directing

1979
1976
1973
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Production

1962
1962

Writing

1979

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