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)
Bed and Board (1970)
as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
Day for Night (1973)
as Ferrand, the Director
Ain't Misbehavin (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
The Soft Skin (1964)
as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Story of Adèle H. (1975)
as Officer (uncredited)
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Passion Fanny Ardant (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Two English Girls (1971)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Langlois (1970)
as Self
François Truffaut l'insoumis (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
as Self
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman (2016)
Actor
The Wild Child (1970)
as Le Dr Jean Itard
Léaud l'unique (2001)
as Self (archive) - filmmaker
Jim Morrison: The End (2021)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Small Change (1976)
as Martine's father
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Green Room (1978)
as Julien Davenne
Determination (2026)
as Self (archival footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Portrait of François Truffaut (1961)
as Self
François Truffaut (1977)
as Self
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Carl Th. Dreyer (1966)
as Self
Les secrets de François Truffaut (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! (2020)
as Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films (1970)
as Self
Godard by Godard (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Being Bo Widerberg (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
Omnibus: François Truffaut (1973)
as Self
Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Fool’s Mate (1956)
as Party guest (uncredited)
The Army Game (1960)
as Le taulard passionné de lecture
Looking for Truffaut (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Cameo (uncredited)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
as Self
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Two in the Wave (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Los 4 Golpes (1962)
as The Assassin
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021)
as archive footage
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
as Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo (1997)
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
The Birth of Children of Paradise (1967)
as Self
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000)
as Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964)
as Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child (1994)
as Self
Take It All (1963)
as Self (uncredited)
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain (1996)
as Self - film critic, filmmaker (archive footage)
To Be... A Classic (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut (2019)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Vadim Mister Cool (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Postface à l’Atalante (2025)
as Self