François Truffaut
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Postface à l’Atalante as Self
2024François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay as Self (archive footage)
2023Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera as Self (archive footage)
2023Passion Fanny Ardant as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2023Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2023Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
2021Sous le soleil de Pialat as Self (archive footage)
2021Jim Morrison: The End as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte as Self (archive footage)
2020François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! as Self
2020Les secrets de François Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
2019Introducing My Father, François Truffaut as Self (Archive Footage)
2019André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019When Hitchcock met O'Casey as Self (archive footage)
2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesse as Self (archive footage)
2018Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
2016Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture as Self (archive footage)
2014François Truffaut l'insoumis as Self (archive footage)
2012To Be... A Classic as Self (archive footage)
2010Two in the Wave as Self (archive footage)
2010Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là as Self (archive footage)
2009Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' as Self (archive footage)
2009On the Trail of the New Wave as Self (archive footage)
2009Looking for Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
2006Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' as Self (archive footage)
2004Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years as Self (audio archival footage)
2003Un film et son époque as Self (archive footage)
2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas as Self
1999Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock as Self (archive footage)
1997Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo as Self (archive footage)
1996Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain as Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
1996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death as Self (archive footage)
1996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child as Self (archive footage)
1995The World of Jacques Demy as Self (archive footage)
1994The Secret of the Wild Child as Self
1993François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits as Self (archive footage)
1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave as Self (archive footage)
1978Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness as Self
1978The Green Room as Julien Davenne
1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Claude Lacombe
1977The Man Who Loved Women as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
1976Small Change as Martine's father
1975The Story of Adèle H. as Officer (uncredited)
1975I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1975Apostrophes as Self
1974Les Musiciens de la pellicule as lui-même
1974Spécial cinéma as Self
1973Omnibus: François Truffaut as Self
1973Day for Night as Ferrand, the Director
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971Two English Girls as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970Langlois as Self
1970Bed and Board as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
1970The Wild Child as Le Dr Jean Itard
1970Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films as Self
1967Omnibus as Self
1967The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self
1966Carl Th. Dreyer as Self
1965Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit as Self
1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self
1964The Soft Skin as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
1963À tout prendre as Self (uncredited)
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962Los 4 Golpes as The Assassin
1961Portrait of François Truffaut as Self
1960The Army Game as Le taulard passionné de lecture
1959The 400 Blows as Man in Funfair (uncredited)
1956Fool’s Mate as Party guest (uncredited)
1956Cinépanorama as Self
1956The Kreutzer Sonata as Cameo (uncredited)
1954Reflets de Cannes as Self