
François Truffaut
Directing
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.
TV Shows(10)
Movies(71)

Postface à l’Atalante
Self
2025

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
Self (archive footage)
2024

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
Self (archive footage)
2023

Passion Fanny Ardant
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2023

Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023

Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
2023

Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
2022

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
archive footage
2021

Sous le soleil de Pialat
Self (archive footage)
2021

Jim Morrison: The End
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
Self (archive footage)
2021

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
Self
2020

Les secrets de François Truffaut
Self (archive footage)
2020

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
Self (Archive Footage)
2019

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019

When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Self (archive footage)
2019

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Self (archive footage)
2018

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2018

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017

Vadim Mister Cool
Self (archive footage)
2016

Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2016

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Self (archive footage)
2016

François Truffaut l'insoumis
Self (archive footage)
2014
Ain't Misbehavin
Self (archive footage)
2013
To Be... A Classic
Self (archive footage)
2012

Two in the Wave
Self (archive footage)
2010

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Self (archive footage)
2010

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self (archive footage)
2009
On the Trail of the New Wave
Self (archive footage)
2009
Looking for Truffaut
Self (archive footage)
2009

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
Self (archive footage)
2006

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (audio archival footage)
2004

Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Self
2000

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
1999
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
Self (archive footage)
1997
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain
Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
1996

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
Self (archive footage)
1996

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
Self (archive footage)
1996

The World of Jacques Demy
Self (archive footage)
1995

The Secret of the Wild Child
Self
1994

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Self (archive footage)
1993
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self (archive footage)
1992

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
Self
1978

The Green Room
Julien Davenne
1978

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Claude Lacombe
1977

The Man Who Loved Women
Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
1977

Small Change
Martine's father
1976

The Story of Adèle H.
Officer (uncredited)
1975

I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Self
1975
Omnibus: François Truffaut
Self
1973

Day for Night
Ferrand, the Director
1973

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
1972

Two English Girls
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971

Langlois
Self
1970

Bed and Board
Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
1970

The Wild Child
Le Dr Jean Itard
1970

Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films
Self
1970
The Birth of Children of Paradise
Self
1967

Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
1966

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

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Self
1964

The Soft Skin
Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
1964

Take It All
Self (uncredited)
1963
Los 4 Golpes
The Assassin
1962

Portrait of François Truffaut
Self
1961

The Army Game
Le taulard passionné de lecture
1960

The 400 Blows
Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
1959

Fool’s Mate
Party guest (uncredited)
1956

The Kreutzer Sonata
Cameo (uncredited)
1956









