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François Truffaut

Directing · Born February 6, 1932 · Paris, France

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 with François Truffaut

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) — Claude Lacombe
• The 400 Blows (1959) — Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
• Day for Night (1973) — Ferrand, the Director
• Bed and Board (1970) — Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
• The Story of Adèle H. (1975) — Officer (uncredited)
• Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021) — archive footage
• François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993) — Self (archive footage)
• The Soft Skin (1964) — Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
• The Wild Child (1970) — Le Dr Jean Itard
• Two English Girls (1971) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Godard Cinema (2023) — Self (archive footage)
• The World of Jacques Demy (1995) — Self (archive footage)