
François Truffaut
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.
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The Story of Adèle H.

Morceaux de Cannes

The World of Jacques Demy

The Wild Child

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

Small Change

Jim Morrison: The End

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

The Man Who Loved Women

Heart of the Festival

Godard by Godard

Sous le soleil de Pialat

The Green Room

Langlois

François Truffaut l'insoumis

Passion Fanny Ardant

Two English Girls

Les secrets de François Truffaut

Being Bo Widerberg

Carl Th. Dreyer

Godard Cinema

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

Portrait of François Truffaut

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

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

Léaud l'unique

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

The Kreutzer Sonata

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

The Secret of the Wild Child

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

François Truffaut

Determination

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

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

Fool’s Mate

Two in the Wave

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

Vadim Mister Cool

Take It All

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

When Hitchcock met O'Casey

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

The Army Game

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

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

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

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

Postface à l’Atalante

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit




















