François Truffaut

François Truffaut

Known for

Directing

Born

February 6, 1932

Birthplace

Paris, France

Died

October 21, 1984 (aged 52)

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.

Best known work

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959

Breathless

Breathless

1960

Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

1987

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

1966

Jules and Jim

Jules and Jim

1962

Day for Night

Day for Night

1973

The Last Metro

The Last Metro

1980

Stolen Kisses

Stolen Kisses

1968

Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player

1960

Filmography

2026
Determination
as Self (archival footage)
2025
Being Bo Widerberg
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Postface à l’Atalante
as Self
2024
Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses
Original Film Writer
2024
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Passion Fanny Ardant
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2023
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door
Original Film Writer
2023
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
as archive footage
2021
Sous le soleil de Pialat
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Jim Morrison: The End
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
as Self (archive footage)
2020
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
as Self
2020
Les secrets de François Truffaut
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
as Self (Archive Footage)
2019
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016
Vadim Mister Cool
as Self (archive footage)