François Truffaut
Directing · Born 1932-02-06 · age 52 at death · 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.
Titles
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The 400 Blows
Breathless
Wings of Desire
Fahrenheit 451
Jules and Jim
Day for Night
The Last Metro
Stolen Kisses
Shoot the Piano Player
The Woman Next Door
Bed and Board
The Wild Child
The Bride Wore Black
Antoine and Colette
Breathless
The Story of Adèle H.
Confidentially Yours
Mississippi Mermaid
The Soft Skin
The Man Who Loved Women
Love on the Run
The Truth About Charlie
Two English Girls
Small Change
Testament of Orpheus
The Mischief Makers
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
The Green Room
Naked Childhood
The Little Thief
A Story of Water
Love at Twenty
The Man Who Loved Women
Fool’s Mate
Mata Hari, Agent H21
The Kreutzer Sonata
Los 4 Golpes
The Army Game
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
The Overworked
A Swelled Head
That Kid
Belle Époque
Morceaux de Cannes
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
Le scarabée d'or
Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door
Anna the Maid
Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses
Les Musiciens de la pellicule
Their First Films