
François Truffaut
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.
Acting (54 movies)

Bed and Board
1970

The Wild Child
1970

Small Change
1976

Day for Night
1973

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
1999

The Green Room
1978

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
2021

Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021

Two in the Wave
2010

Godard Cinema
2023

The Story of Adele H.
1975

I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975

Godard by Godard
2023

Carl Th. Dreyer
1966

Passion Fanny Ardant
2023

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
2006

The 400 Blows
1959

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
2004

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
2020

Langlois
1970

The Man Who Loved Women
1977

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965

Portrait of François Truffaut
1961

Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films
1970

Postface à l’Atalante
2025

The Army Game
1960

François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019

À tout prendre
1963

The Soft Skin
1964

Two English Girls
1971

Vadim Mister Cool
2016

Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020

The Secret of the Wild Child
1994

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018

The Kreutzer Sonata
1956

The World of Jacques Demy
1995

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010

Fool’s Mate
1956

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018

Jim Morrison: The End
2021

When Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
Directing (28 movies)

The 400 Blows
1959

Bed and Board
1970

Love on the Run
1979

Stolen Kisses
1968

Antoine and Colette
1962

The Man Who Loved Women
1977

The Wild Child
1970

Jules and Jim
1962

Mississippi Mermaid
1969

Small Change
1976

Day for Night
1973

The Last Metro
1980

The Soft Skin
1964

Confidentially Yours
1983

Shoot the Piano Player
1960

The Story of Adele H.
1975

The Bride Wore Black
1968

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972

The Green Room
1978

Love at Twenty
1962

The Woman Next Door
1981

The Mischief Makers
1957

Two English Girls
1971

Their First Films
2004

A Visit
1955
Los 4 Golpes
1962

A Story of Water
1961

Fahrenheit 451
1966