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)
Day for Night (1973)
as Ferrand, the Director
Bed and Board (1970)
as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
The Wild Child (1970)
as Le Dr Jean Itard
The Story of Adèle H. (1975)
as Officer (uncredited)
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
as Self
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
Being Bo Widerberg (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Soft Skin (1964)
as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021)
as archive footage
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Two English Girls (1971)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Small Change (1976)
as Martine's father
Passion Fanny Ardant (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Morrison: The End (2021)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman (2016)
Actor
Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Ain't Misbehavin (2013)
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)
The Army Game (1960)
as Le taulard passionné de lecture
The Green Room (1978)
as Julien Davenne
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
as Self (archive footage)
Carl Th. Dreyer (1966)
as Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Cameo (uncredited)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
as Self
François Truffaut (1977)
as Self
Vadim Mister Cool (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Langlois (1970)
as Self
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Portrait of François Truffaut (1961)
as Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964)
as Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films (1970)
as Self
Two in the Wave (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Les secrets de François Truffaut (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000)
as Self
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness (1978)
as Self
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut (2019)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain (1996)
as Self - film critic, filmmaker (archive footage)
The Birth of Children of Paradise (1967)
as Self
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Determination (2026)
as Self (archival footage)
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit (1965)
as Self
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child (1994)
as Self
Omnibus: François Truffaut (1973)
as Self
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! (2020)
as Self
To Be... A Classic (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Los 4 Golpes (1962)
as The Assassin
Take It All (1963)
as Self (uncredited)
Léaud l'unique (2001)
as Self (archive) - filmmaker
Postface à l’Atalante (2025)
as Self
Looking for Truffaut (2009)
as Self (archive footage)