
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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A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

Portrait of François Truffaut

The Man Who Loved Women

The Wild Child

The World of Jacques Demy

Jim Morrison: The End

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Morceaux de Cannes

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

Les secrets de François Truffaut

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

The Army Game

Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

Godard Cinema

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

The Green Room

Being Bo Widerberg

Langlois

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Passion Fanny Ardant

Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

François Truffaut l'insoumis

Heart of the Festival

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

Godard by Godard

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

Sous le soleil de Pialat

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

Léaud l'unique

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

The Kreutzer Sonata

Carl Th. Dreyer

Take It All

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

Fool’s Mate

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

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

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

When Hitchcock met O'Casey

Two in the Wave

Ain't Misbehavin

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

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

Vadim Mister Cool

The Secret of the Wild Child

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

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

Postface à l’Atalante

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