François Truffaut

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: Directing

Born: Paris, France, 1932-02-06

Died: 1984-10-21

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	The Kreutzer Sonata	Cameo (uncredited)	59
2	1956	Fool’s Mate	Party guest (uncredited)	66
3	1959	The 400 Blows	Man in Funfair (uncredited)	80
4	1960	The Army Game	Le taulard passionné de lecture	51
5	1961	Portrait of François Truffaut	Self	0
6	1962	Los 4 Golpes	El Asasino (The Assassin)	54
7	1963	Take It All	Self (uncredited)	53
8	1964	The Soft Skin	Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)	72
9	1964	La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même	Self	60
10	1965	Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit	Self	60
11	1966	Carl Th. Dreyer	Self	66
12	1967	The Birth of Children of Paradise	Self	0
13	1968	Postface à l’Atalante	Self	0
14	1970	Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films	Self	0
15	1970	The Wild Child	Le Dr Jean Itard	71
16	1970	Bed and Board	Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)	72
17	1970	Langlois	Self	45
18	1971	Two English Girls	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	69
19	1973	Day for Night	Directeur Ferrand	78
20	1973	Omnibus: François Truffaut	Self	0
21	1975	I'm a Stranger Here Myself	Self	64
22	1975	The Story of Adele H.	Officer (uncredited)	69
23	1976	Small Change	Martine's father	71
24	1977	The Man Who Loved Women	Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)	71
25	1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Claude Lacombe	74
26	1978	The Green Room	Julien Davenne	65
27	1978	Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness	Self	0
28	1992	Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave	Self (archive footage)	20
29	1993	François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits	Self (archive footage)	51
30	1994	The Secret of the Wild Child	Self	80
31	1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Self (archive footage)	65
32	1996	François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death	Self (archive footage)	77
33	1996	François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child	Self (archive footage)	77
34	1997	Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo	Self (archive footage)	70
35	1999	Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock	Self (archive footage)	65
36	2000	Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas	Self	0
37	2004	Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years	Self (audio archival footage)	60
38	2006	Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'	Self (archive footage)	70
39	2009	Looking for Truffaut	Self (archive footage)	70
40	2009	On the Trail of the New Wave	Self (archive footage)	0
41	2009	Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'	Self (archive footage)	0
42	2010	Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là	Self (archive footage)	73
43	2010	Two in the Wave	Self (archive footage)	63
44	2012	To Be... A Classic	Self (archive footage)	0
45	2014	François Truffaut l'insoumis	Self (archive footage)	57
46	2015	Hitchcock/Truffaut	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	73
47	2016	Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture	Self (archive footage)	75
48	2016	Vadim Mister Cool	Self (archive footage)	62
49	2017	John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	73
50	2018	Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	70
51	2018	Françoise Dorléac, une promesse	Self (archive footage)	60
52	2019	When Hitchcock met O'Casey	Self (archive footage)	0
53	2019	André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	60
54	2020	Les secrets de François Truffaut	Self (archive footage)	80
55	2020	François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !	Self	60
56	2021	Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte		80
57	2021	Jim Morrison: The End	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	70
58	2021	Sous le soleil de Pialat	Self (archive footage)	53
59	2023	Godard by Godard	Self (archive footage)	78
60	2023	Godard Cinema	Self (archive footage)	64
61	2023	Passion Fanny Ardant	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	80
62	2023	Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera	Self (archive footage)	73
63	2024	François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay	Self	77

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	Reflets de Cannes	Self	20
2	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	77
3	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Self (archive footage)	77
4	1956	Cinépanorama	Self	80
5	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
6	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
7	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
8	1975	Apostrophes	Self	85
9	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
10	2003	Un film et son époque	Self (archive footage)	100