François Truffaut
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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
Credits
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
as Claude Lacombe
The 400 Blows (1959)
as Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
Ain't Misbehavin (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Bed and Board (1970)
as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
Day for Night (1973)
as Ferrand, the Director
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
The Soft Skin (1964)
as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Story of Adèle H. (1975)
as Officer (uncredited)
The Wild Child (1970)
as Le Dr Jean Itard
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Room (1978)
as Julien Davenne
Small Change (1976)
as Martine's father
Two English Girls (1971)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Being Bo Widerberg (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Passion Fanny Ardant (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jim Morrison: The End (2021)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Langlois (1970)
as Self
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman (2016)
Actor
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Léaud l'unique (2001)
as Self (archive) - filmmaker
Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Portrait of François Truffaut (1961)
as Self
Les secrets de François Truffaut (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus: François Truffaut (1973)
as Self
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Fool’s Mate (1956)
as Party guest (uncredited)
François Truffaut (1977)
as Self
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain (1996)
as Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Carl Th. Dreyer (1966)
as Self
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Cameo (uncredited)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Take It All (1963)
as Self (uncredited)
Looking for Truffaut (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Army Game (1960)
as Le taulard passionné de lecture
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
as Self
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021)
as archive footage
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films (1970)
as Self
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness (1978)
as Self
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit (1965)
as Self
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
The Birth of Children of Paradise (1967)
as Self
Two in the Wave (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Los 4 Golpes (1962)
as The Assassin
Determination (2026)
as Self (archival footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child (1994)
as Self
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000)
as Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964)
as Self
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! (2020)
as Self
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut (2019)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Postface à l’Atalante (2025)
as Self
To Be... A Classic (2012)
as Self (archive footage)