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