François Truffaut
Biography
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.
Filmography
Determination
2026
as Self (archival footage)
Being Bo Widerberg
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Postface à l’Atalante
2025
as Self
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Passion Fanny Ardant
2023
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021
as archive footage
Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Morrison: The End
2021
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
2021
as Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
2020
as Self
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019
as Self (Archive Footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2016