François Truffaut

from Paris, France

Artwork for Close Encounters of the Third KindImage of François Truffaut

Biography

François Roland Truffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 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.

Timeline

2026Aged 94

  • Poster for Determination

    Self (archival footage)

2025Aged 93

  • Poster for Postface à l’Atalante

    Self

  • Poster for Being Bo Widerberg

    Self (archive footage)

2024Aged 92

  • Poster for François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses

    Original Film Writer

2023Aged 91

  • Poster for Godard by Godard

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Godard Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Passion Fanny Ardant

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Poster for Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door

    Original Film Writer

2022Aged 90

  • Poster for Deneuve, la reine Catherine

    Self (archive footage)

2021Aged 89

  • Poster for Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Morceaux de Cannes

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Jim Morrison: The End

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sous le soleil de Pialat

    Self (archive footage)

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

    archive footage

2020Aged 88

  • Poster for Les secrets de François Truffaut

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

    Self

2019Aged 87

  • Poster for When Hitchcock met O'Casey

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Poster for Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Self (Archive Footage)

2018Aged 86

  • Poster for Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Poster for Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

    Self (archive footage)

2017Aged 85

  • Poster for John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2016Aged 84

  • Poster for Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Vadim Mister Cool

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 82

  • Poster for François Truffaut l'insoumis

    Self (archive footage)

2013Aged 81

  • Poster for Ain't Misbehavin

    Self (archive footage)

2012Aged 80

2011Aged 79

2010Aged 78

  • Poster for Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Two in the Wave

    Self (archive footage)

2009Aged 77

2006Aged 74

  • Poster for Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

    Self (archive footage)

2004Aged 72

  • Poster for Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Self (audio archival footage)

  • Poster for Their First Films

    Director

2002Aged 70

  • Poster for Heart of the Festival

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Truth About Charlie

    Original Film Writer

2001Aged 69

  • Poster for Léaud l'unique

    Self (archive) - filmmaker

2000Aged 68

  • Poster for Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

    Self

1999Aged 67

  • Poster for Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

    Self (archive footage)

1997Aged 65

1996Aged 64

1995Aged 63

  • Poster for The World of Jacques Demy

    Self (archive footage)

1994Aged 62

  • Poster for The Secret of the Wild Child

    Self

1993Aged 61

  • Poster for François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

    Self (archive footage)

1992Aged 60

1988Aged 56

  • Poster for The Little Thief

    Story

1987Aged 55

  • Poster for Wings of Desire

    In Memory Of

1983Aged 51

  • Poster for Breathless

    Author

  • Poster for Confidentially Yours

    Dialogue

  • Poster for The Man Who Loved Women

    Original Film Writer

1981Aged 49

  • Poster for The Woman Next Door

    Producer

1980Aged 48

  • Poster for The Last Metro

    Dialogue

1979Aged 47

  • Poster for Love on the Run

    Screenplay

1978Aged 46

  • Poster for The Green Room

    Julien Davenne

  • Poster for Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness

    Self

1977Aged 45

  • Poster for The Man Who Loved Women

    Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)

  • Poster for François Truffaut

    Self

  • Poster for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Claude Lacombe

1976Aged 44

  • Poster for Small Change

    Martine's father

  • Poster for That Kid

    Producer

1975Aged 43

  • Poster for I'm a Stranger Here Myself

    Self

  • Poster for The Story of Adèle H.

    Officer (uncredited)

1973Aged 41

1972Aged 40

  • Poster for A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

    Journalist (voice) (uncredited)

1971Aged 39

  • Poster for Two English Girls

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1970Aged 38

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

    Self

  • Poster for The Wild Child

    Le Dr Jean Itard

  • Poster for Bed and Board

    Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Langlois

    Self

1969Aged 37

  • Poster for Naked Childhood

    Producer

  • Poster for Mississippi Mermaid

    Adaptation

1968Aged 36

  • Poster for The Bride Wore Black

    Adaptation

  • Poster for Stolen Kisses

    Screenplay

1967Aged 35

1966Aged 34

  • Poster for Carl Th. Dreyer

    Self

  • Poster for Fahrenheit 451

    Screenplay

1965Aged 33

  • Poster for Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

    Self

1964Aged 32

  • Poster for The Soft Skin

    Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

    Self

  • Poster for Mata Hari, Agent H21

    Screenplay

1963Aged 31

  • Poster for Take It All

    Self (uncredited)

1962Aged 30

1961Aged 29

1960Aged 28

  • Poster for The Army Game

    Le taulard passionné de lecture

  • Poster for Testament of Orpheus

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for Breathless

    Story

  • Poster for Shoot the Piano Player

    Dialogue

1959Aged 27

  • Poster for The 400 Blows

    Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)

1958Aged 26

1957Aged 25

  • Poster for The Mischief Makers

    Screenplay

1956Aged 24

  • Poster for The Kreutzer Sonata

    Cameo (uncredited)

  • Poster for Fool’s Mate

    Party guest (uncredited)

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