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)
Ain't Misbehavin (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Bed and Board (1970)
as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Day for Night (1973)
as Ferrand, the Director
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman (2016)
Actor
Determination (2026)
as Self (archival footage)
Langlois (1970)
as Self
The Soft Skin (1964)
as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
François Truffaut (1977)
as Self
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Passion Fanny Ardant (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
Jim Morrison: The End (2021)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Story of Adèle H. (1975)
as Officer (uncredited)
Portrait of François Truffaut (1961)
as Self
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Small Change (1976)
as Martine's father
The Green Room (1978)
as Julien Davenne
The Wild Child (1970)
as Le Dr Jean Itard
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Two English Girls (1971)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
Omnibus: François Truffaut (1973)
as Self
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Godard by Godard (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films (1970)
as Self
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
Looking for Truffaut (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Les secrets de François Truffaut (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Léaud l'unique (2001)
as Self (archive) - filmmaker
Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Cameo (uncredited)
François Truffaut l'insoumis (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Los 4 Golpes (1962)
as The Assassin
Being Bo Widerberg (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Take It All (1963)
as Self (uncredited)
Fool’s Mate (1956)
as Party guest (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Army Game (1960)
as Le taulard passionné de lecture
Carl Th. Dreyer (1966)
as Self
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! (2020)
as Self
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness (1978)
as Self
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Two in the Wave (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
as Self (archive footage)
The Birth of Children of Paradise (1967)
as Self
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964)
as Self
The Secret of the Wild Child (1994)
as Self
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit (1965)
as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
as Self
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut (2019)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain (1996)
as Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000)
as Self
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
To Be... A Classic (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021)
as archive footage
Postface à l’Atalante (2025)
as Self