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François Truffaut

Directing

François Truffaut

FR, SV, EN, FI cinema · 108 credits

Born

6 February 1932

Died

21 October 1984 (aged 52)

Birthplace

Paris, France

Also known as 프랑수아 트뤼포 · 弗朗索瓦·特吕弗 · 프랑소와 트뤼포

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

Filmography

Determination poster

Determination

FR · 2026Not rated

as Self (archival footage)

Postface à l’Atalante poster

Postface à l’Atalante

FR · 2025Not rated

as Self

Being Bo Widerberg poster

Being Bo Widerberg

SV · 20258.0

as Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay poster

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

FR · 20246.4

as Self (archive footage)

Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses poster

Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses

EN · 20246.0

Original Film Writer

Godard Cinema poster

Godard Cinema

FR · 20235.6

as Self (archive footage)

Godard by Godard poster

Godard by Godard

FR · 20237.2

as Self (archive footage)

Passion Fanny Ardant poster

Passion Fanny Ardant

FR · 20237.8

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera poster

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

FR · 20237.2

as Self (archive footage)

Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door poster

Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door

FR · 20236.0

Original Film Writer

Deneuve, la reine Catherine poster

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

FR · 20227.6

as Self (archive footage)

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte poster

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

FR · 20218.0

as Self (archive footage)

Sous le soleil de Pialat poster

Sous le soleil de Pialat

FR · 20216.5

as Self (archive footage)

Jim Morrison: The End poster

Jim Morrison: The End

FR · 20217.1

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Morceaux de Cannes poster

Morceaux de Cannes

FR · 20212.0

Actor

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort poster

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort

FR · 20218.0

as archive footage

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! poster

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

FR · 20207.0

as Self

Les secrets de François Truffaut poster

Les secrets de François Truffaut

FR · 20207.3

as Self (archive footage)

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer poster

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

FR · 20196.0

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

When Hitchcock met O'Casey poster

When Hitchcock met O'Casey

EN · 2019Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut poster

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

EN · 201910.0

as Self (Archive Footage)

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit poster

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

FR · 20187.0

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse poster

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

EN · 20186.0

as Self (archive footage)

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood poster

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

FR · 20177.1

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture poster

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

FR · 20167.5

as Self (archive footage)

Vadim Mister Cool poster

Vadim Mister Cool

FR · 20165.9

as Self (archive footage)

Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman poster

Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

FR · 20166.5

Actor

Hitchcock/Truffaut poster

Hitchcock/Truffaut

EN · 20157.2

as Self

François Truffaut l'insoumis poster

François Truffaut l'insoumis

FR · 20145.8

as Self (archive footage)

Ain't Misbehavin poster

Ain't Misbehavin

EN · 20136.2

as Self (archive footage)

To Be... A Classic

2012

To Be... A Classic

EN · 2012Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

The Magic Skin

2011

The Magic Skin

EN · 2011Not rated

Idea

Two in the Wave poster

Two in the Wave

FR · 20106.3

as Self (archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là poster

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

FR · 20107.2

as Self (archive footage)

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' poster

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

FR · 2009Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Looking for Truffaut

2009

Looking for Truffaut

EN · 20097.0

as Self (archive footage)

Uuden aallon jäljillä

2009

On the Trail of the New Wave

FI · 2009Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' poster

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

FR · 20067.0

as Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years poster

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

FR · 20046.0

as Self (audio archival footage)

Their First Films poster

Their First Films

KO · 2004Not rated

Director

Heart of the Festival poster

Heart of the Festival

FR · 20026.7

as Self (archive footage)

The Truth About Charlie poster

The Truth About Charlie

EN · 20024.9

Original Film Writer

Léaud l'unique poster

Léaud l'unique

FR · 200110.0

as Self (archive) - filmmaker

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas poster

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

ES · 20008.0

as Self

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock poster

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

EN · 19996.8

as Self (archive footage)

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo

1997

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo

EN · 19977.0

as Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child poster

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child

EN · 19967.7

as Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death poster

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

EN · 19967.7

as Self (archive footage)

Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain

1996

Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain

FR · 1996Not rated

as Self - film critic, filmmaker (archive footage)

The World of Jacques Demy poster

The World of Jacques Demy

FR · 19956.7

as Self (archive footage)

The Secret of the Wild Child poster

The Secret of the Wild Child

EN · 19948.0

as Self

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits poster

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

FR · 19935.6

as Self (archive footage)

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

1992

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

EN · 19923.3

as Self (archive footage)

The Little Thief poster

The Little Thief

FR · 19886.3

Story

Wings of Desire poster

Wings of Desire

DE · 19877.8

In Memory Of

Breathless poster

Breathless

EN · 19835.9

Author

Confidentially Yours poster

Confidentially Yours

FR · 19837.1

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Adaptation, Dialogue

The Man Who Loved Women poster

The Man Who Loved Women

EN · 19834.9

Original Film Writer

The Woman Next Door poster

The Woman Next Door

FR · 19817.1

Director, Screenplay, Producer

The Last Metro poster

The Last Metro

FR · 19807.2

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Dialogue

Love on the Run poster

Love on the Run

FR · 19797.0

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness poster

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

FR · 1978Not rated

as Self

The Green Room poster

The Green Room

FR · 19786.7

as Julien Davenne, Director, Screenplay, Producer

Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

EN · 19777.3

as Claude Lacombe

The Man Who Loved Women poster

The Man Who Loved Women

FR · 19777.1

as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer

François Truffaut poster

François Truffaut

EN · 1977Not rated

as Self

Small Change poster

Small Change

FR · 19767.1

as Martine's father, Director, Screenplay, Producer

That Kid poster

That Kid

FR · 19765.0

Producer

The Story of Adèle H. poster

The Story of Adèle H.

FR · 19756.9

as Officer (uncredited), Director, Screenplay

I'm a Stranger Here Myself poster

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

EN · 19756.7

as Self

Day for Night poster

Day for Night

FR · 19737.8

as Ferrand, the Director, Director, Screenplay

Omnibus: François Truffaut

1973

Omnibus: François Truffaut

EN · 1973Not rated

as Self

A Gorgeous Kid Like Me poster

A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

FR · 19726.2

as Journalist (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer

Two English Girls poster

Two English Girls

FR · 19716.9

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer

Bed and Board poster

Bed and Board

FR · 19707.1

as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay

The Wild Child poster

The Wild Child

FR · 19707.1

as Le Dr Jean Itard, Director, Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue

Langlois poster

Langlois

EN · 19705.3

as Self

Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films poster

Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films

FR · 19709.0

as Self

Mississippi Mermaid poster

Mississippi Mermaid

FR · 19696.6

Director, Producer, Adaptation

Naked Childhood poster

Naked Childhood

FR · 19697.3

Producer

Stolen Kisses poster

Stolen Kisses

FR · 19687.3

Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay

The Bride Wore Black poster

The Bride Wore Black

FR · 19687.1

Director, Adaptation

Die Geburt der Kinder Des Olymp

1967

The Birth of Children of Paradise

DE · 1967Not rated

as Self

Carl Th. Dreyer poster

Carl Th. Dreyer

DA · 19666.8

as Self

Fahrenheit 451 poster

Fahrenheit 451

EN · 19667.1

Director, Screenplay

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit poster

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

FR · 19657.5

as Self

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même poster

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

FR · 19648.0

as Self

The Soft Skin poster

The Soft Skin

FR · 19647.2

as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay

Mata Hari, Agent H21 poster

Mata Hari, Agent H21

FR · 19645.7

Screenplay

Take It All poster

Take It All

FR · 19635.8

as Self (uncredited)

Los 4 Golpes

1962

Los 4 Golpes

ES · 19625.9

as The Assassin, Director

Antoine and Colette poster

Antoine and Colette

FR · 19627.2

Director, Writer

Jules and Jim poster

Jules and Jim

FR · 19627.5

Director, Producer, Adaptation

Love at Twenty poster

Love at Twenty

FR · 19626.7

Director, Writer

A Swelled Head poster

A Swelled Head

FR · 19628.0

Writer

Portrait of François Truffaut poster

Portrait of François Truffaut

FR · 1961Not rated

as Self

Le scarabée d'or

1961

Le scarabée d'or

FR · 196110.0

Producer

A Story of Water poster

A Story of Water

FR · 19616.5

Writer, Director

The Army Game poster

The Army Game

FR · 19605.4

as Le taulard passionné de lecture, Adaptation, Producer, Co-Director, Screenplay

Shoot the Piano Player poster

Shoot the Piano Player

FR · 19607.2

Director, Adaptation, Dialogue

Testament of Orpheus poster

Testament of Orpheus

FR · 19607.6

Associate Producer

Breathless poster

Breathless

FR · 19607.5

Original Story, Story

The 400 Blows poster

The 400 Blows

FR · 19598.0

as Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Adaptation

The Mischief Makers poster

The Mischief Makers

FR · 19586.8

Director, Screenplay

The Overworked poster

The Overworked

FR · 19586.1

Writer

Anna the Maid poster

Anna the Maid

FR · 19587.0

Producer

The Kreutzer Sonata poster

The Kreutzer Sonata

FR · 19566.1

as Cameo (uncredited)

Fool’s Mate poster

Fool’s Mate

FR · 19566.6

as Party guest (uncredited)