François Truffaut
Directing
February 6, 1932
Paris, France
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.
Movies
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016
Godard Cinema
2023
The 400 Blows
1959
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
The Secret of the Wild Child
1994
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965
Postface à l’Atalante
2025
Bed and Board
1970
Jim Morrison: The End
2021
Two in the Wave
2010
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020
Langlois
1970
Day for Night
1973
The Wild Child
1970
Godard by Godard
2023
The Story of Adèle H.
1975
The Kreutzer Sonata
1956
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
The Green Room
1978
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
