François Truffaut
🎬 Director

François Truffaut

🎂 Born 6 February 1932 (age 52)✝ 21 October 1984📍 Paris, France
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Popularity Score
64
Acting Credits
26
Directed

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.

Known For

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
★ 7.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Claude Lacombe
The 400 Blows
★ 8.0
The 400 Blows
1959
Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
Bed and Board
★ 7.1
Bed and Board
1970
Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
Day for Night
★ 7.8
Day for Night
1973
Ferrand, the Director

Directed Films(26)

Fahrenheit 451
★ 7.1
Fahrenheit 451
1966
Director
The 400 Blows
★ 8.0
The 400 Blows
1959
Director
Bed and Board
★ 7.1
Bed and Board
1970
Director
Stolen Kisses
★ 7.3
Stolen Kisses
1968
Director
Day for Night
★ 7.8
Day for Night
1973
Director
Shoot the Piano Player
★ 7.2
Shoot the Piano Player
1960
Director
The Last Metro
★ 7.2
The Last Metro
1980
Director
Jules and Jim
★ 7.5
Jules and Jim
1962
Director
The Bride Wore Black
★ 7.1
The Bride Wore Black
1968
Director
The Soft Skin
★ 7.1
The Soft Skin
1964
Director
The Story of Adèle H.
★ 6.9
The Story of Adèle H.
1975
Director
Love on the Run
★ 7.0
Love on the Run
1979
Director
The Woman Next Door
★ 7.1
The Woman Next Door
1981
Director
The Man Who Loved Women
★ 7.1
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
Director
Mississippi Mermaid
★ 6.6
Mississippi Mermaid
1969
Director
The Wild Child
★ 7.1
The Wild Child
1970
Director
Confidentially Yours
★ 7.1
Confidentially Yours
1983
Director
Small Change
★ 7.1
Small Change
1976
Director
Antoine and Colette
★ 7.2
Antoine and Colette
1962
Director
The Mischief Makers
★ 6.8
The Mischief Makers
1957
Director
Two English Girls
★ 7.0
Two English Girls
1971
Director
The Green Room
★ 6.6
The Green Room
1978
Director
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
★ 6.2
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
Director
Love at Twenty
★ 6.8
Love at Twenty
1962
Director
A Story of Water
★ 6.5
A Story of Water
1961
Director
Their First Films
Their First Films
2004
Director

Full Filmography(64 films)

YearTitleRating
1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind★ 7.41959The 400 Blows★ 8.01970Bed and Board★ 7.11973Day for Night★ 7.82021Morceaux de Cannes★ 2.02002Heart of the Festival★ 6.51964The Soft Skin★ 7.11975The Story of Adèle H.★ 6.91977The Man Who Loved Women★ 7.11970The Wild Child★ 7.11976Small Change★ 7.12025Being Bo Widerberg★ 8.02017John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood★ 7.31971Two English Girls★ 7.01978The Green Room★ 6.62023Godard Cinema★ 5.52009Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'—1995The World of Jacques Demy★ 6.91993François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits★ 5.61972A Gorgeous Girl Like Me★ 6.22021Jim Morrison: The End★ 7.42018Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit★ 7.02023Godard by Godard★ 7.82024François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay★ 6.41956Fool’s Mate★ 6.52014François Truffaut l'insoumis★ 5.72021Sous le soleil de Pialat★ 6.42023Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera★ 7.31978Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness—1977François Truffaut—2022Deneuve, la reine Catherine★ 7.82016Vadim Mister Cool★ 6.11960The Army Game★ 5.42023Passion Fanny Ardant★ 7.81956The Kreutzer Sonata★ 6.11961Portrait of François Truffaut—1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même★ 8.01999Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock★ 6.82010Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là★ 7.22016Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman★ 6.92019André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer★ 6.02006Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'★ 7.02021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort★ 8.01975I'm a Stranger Here Myself★ 6.72004Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years★ 6.01966Carl Th. Dreyer★ 6.82019When Hitchcock met O'Casey—2001Léaud l'unique★ 10.01970Langlois★ 5.31970Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films★ 9.01963Take It All★ 5.62016Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture★ 7.52010Two in the Wave★ 6.32000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas★ 8.02018Françoise Dorléac, une promesse★ 6.01965Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit★ 7.51996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child★ 7.72020Les secrets de François Truffaut★ 8.02020François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !★ 6.02021Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte★ 8.01996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death★ 7.71994The Secret of the Wild Child★ 8.02019Introducing My Father, François Truffaut★ 10.02025Postface à l’Atalante—
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