François Truffaut
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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Movies (108)
Determination
2026 · Self (archival footage)
Being Bo Widerberg
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Postface à l’Atalante
2025 · Self
Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses
2024 · Original Film Writer
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Passion Fanny Ardant
2023 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door
2023 · Original Film Writer
Godard by Godard
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021 · archive footage
Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Jim Morrison: The End
2021 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
2021 · Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
2020 · Self
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019 · Self (Archive Footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2016
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · Self
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Ain't Misbehavin
2013 · Self (archive footage)
To Be... A Classic
2012 · Self (archive footage)
The Magic Skin
2011 · Idea
Two in the Wave
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009 · Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Looking for Truffaut
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
2004 · Self (audio archival footage)
Their First Films
2004 · Director
The Truth About Charlie
2002 · Original Film Writer
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Léaud l'unique
2001 · Self (archive) - filmmaker
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000 · Self
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain
1996 · Self - film critic, filmmaker (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996 · Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996 · Self (archive footage)
The World of Jacques Demy
1995 · Self (archive footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child
1994 · Self
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992 · Self (archive footage)
The Little Thief
1988 · Story
Wings of Desire
1987 · In Memory Of
The Man Who Loved Women
1983 · Original Film Writer
Confidentially Yours
1983 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Adaptation, Dialogue
Breathless
1983 · Author
The Woman Next Door
1981 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Last Metro
1980 · Screenplay, Producer, Director, Dialogue
Love on the Run
1979 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978 · Self
The Green Room
1978 · Julien Davenne, Producer, Director, Screenplay
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Claude Lacombe
François Truffaut
1977 · Self
The Man Who Loved Women
1977 · Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Producer
Small Change
1976 · Martine's father, Screenplay, Director, Producer
That Kid
1976 · Producer
The Story of Adèle H.
1975 · Officer (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975 · Self
Omnibus: François Truffaut
1973 · Self
Day for Night
1973 · Ferrand, the Director, Screenplay, Director
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
1972 · Journalist (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
Two English Girls
1971 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
Langlois
1970 · Self
Bed and Board
1970 · Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay
The Wild Child
1970 · Le Dr Jean Itard, Director, Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films
1970 · Self
Mississippi Mermaid
1969 · Producer, Director, Adaptation
Naked Childhood
1969 · Producer
Stolen Kisses
1968 · Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay
The Bride Wore Black
1968 · Director, Adaptation
The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967 · Self
Carl Th. Dreyer
1966 · Self
Fahrenheit 451
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965 · Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964 · Self
The Soft Skin
1964 · Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited), Producer, Director, Screenplay
Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964 · Screenplay
Take It All
1963 · Self (uncredited)
Los 4 Golpes
1962 · The Assassin, Director
Antoine and Colette
1962 · Director, Writer
Love at Twenty
1962 · Director, Writer
A Swelled Head
1962 · Writer
Jules and Jim
1962 · Producer, Director, Adaptation
Le scarabée d'or
1961 · Producer
A Story of Water
1961 · Writer, Director
Portrait of François Truffaut
1961 · Self
The Army Game
1960 · Le taulard passionné de lecture, Adaptation, Producer, Co-Director, Screenplay
Shoot the Piano Player
1960 · Director, Adaptation, Dialogue
Breathless
1960 · Original Story, Story
Testament of Orpheus
1960 · Associate Producer
The 400 Blows
1959 · Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité), Producer, Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
The Mischief Makers
1958 · Director, Screenplay
The Overworked
1958 · Writer
Anna the Maid
1958 · Producer
Fool’s Mate
1956 · Party guest (uncredited)
The Kreutzer Sonata
1956 · Cameo (uncredited)
TV shows (13)
Un film et son époque
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Belle Époque
1995 · Writer
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
Les Musiciens de la pellicule
1974 · lui-même
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Omnibus
1967 · Self
Pour le plaisir
1964 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self