François Truffaut
Directing
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
Directing28
movieTheir First Films
2004
Director
movieConfidentially Yours
1983
Director
movieThe Woman Next Door
1981
Director
movieThe Last Metro
1980
Director
movieLove on the Run
1979
Director
movieThe Green Room
1978
Director
movieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977
Director
movieSmall Change
1976
Director
movieThe Story of Adèle H.
1975
Director
movieDay for Night
1973
Director
movieA Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
Director
movieTwo English Girls
1971
Director
movieBed and Board
1970
Director
movieThe Wild Child
1970
Director
movieMississippi Mermaid
1969
Director
movieStolen Kisses
1968
Director
movieThe Bride Wore Black
1968
Director
movieFahrenheit 451
1966
Director
movieThe Soft Skin
1964
Director
movieAntoine and Colette
1962
Director
movieLove at Twenty
1962
Director
movieJules and Jim
1962
Director
movieA Story of Water
1961
Director
movieShoot the Piano Player
1960
Director
movieThe Army Game
1960
Co-Director
movieThe 400 Blows
1959
Director
movieThe Mischief Makers
1957
Director
Acting87
movieDetermination
2026
Self (archival footage)
movieBeing Bo Widerberg
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieFrançois Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieCatherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023
Self (archive footage)
moviePassion Fanny Ardant
2023
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieGodard Cinema
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieGodard by Godard
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieDeneuve, la reine Catherine
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieSous le soleil de Pialat
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieJim Morrison: The End
2021
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieLes cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieLes secrets de François Truffaut
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieIntroducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019
Self (Archive Footage)
movieAndré Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieWhen Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieFrançoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieJeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieJohn Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieVadim Mister Cool
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieTruffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieFrançois Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieAin't Misbehavin
2013
Self (archive footage)
To Be... A Classic
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieTwo in the Wave
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieCatherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieOnce Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Truffaut
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieOnce Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieAlfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
2004
Self (audio archival footage)
tvUn film et son époque
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieHeart of the Festival
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieLéaud l'unique
2001
Self (archive) - filmmaker
movieMonsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
1999
Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
1997
Self (archive footage)
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain
1996
Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
movieFrançois Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieFrançois Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieThe World of Jacques Demy
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieFrançois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Green Room
1978
Julien Davenne
movieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Claude Lacombe
movieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977
Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
movieSmall Change
1976
Martine's father
movieThe Story of Adèle H.
1975
Officer (uncredited)
movieDay for Night
1973
Ferrand, the Director
movieA Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
movieTwo English Girls
1971
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieBed and Board
1970
Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Wild Child
1970
Le Dr Jean Itard
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
movieThe Soft Skin
1964
Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
movieTake It All
1963
Self (uncredited)
Los 4 Golpes
1962
The Assassin
movieThe Army Game
1960
Le taulard passionné de lecture
movieThe 400 Blows
1959
Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
movieFool’s Mate
1956
Party guest (uncredited)
movieThe Kreutzer Sonata
1956
Cameo (uncredited)
Writing38
movieShort Cuts : Stolen Kisses
2024
Original Film Writer
movieShort cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door
2023
Original Film Writer
movieThe Truth About Charlie
2002
Original Film Writer
movieThe Man Who Loved Women
1983
Original Film Writer
movieConfidentially Yours
1983
Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue
movieBreathless
1983
Author
movieThe Woman Next Door
1981
Screenplay
movieThe Last Metro
1980
Screenplay, Dialogue
movieLove on the Run
1979
Screenplay
movieThe Green Room
1978
Screenplay
movieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977
Screenplay
movieSmall Change
1976
Screenplay
movieThe Story of Adèle H.
1975
Screenplay
movieDay for Night
1973
Screenplay
movieBed and Board
1970
Dialogue, Screenplay
movieThe Wild Child
1970
Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue
movieMississippi Mermaid
1969
Adaptation
movieStolen Kisses
1968
Dialogue, Screenplay
movieThe Bride Wore Black
1968
Adaptation
movieFahrenheit 451
1966
Screenplay
movieThe Soft Skin
1964
Screenplay
movieMata Hari, Agent H21
1964
Screenplay
movieLove at Twenty
1962
Writer
movieA Swelled Head
1962
Writer
movieJules and Jim
1962
Adaptation
movieThe Army Game
1960
Adaptation, Screenplay
movieShoot the Piano Player
1960
Adaptation, Dialogue
movieBreathless
1960
Original Story, Story
movieThe 400 Blows
1959
Screenplay, Adaptation
movieThe Overworked
1958
Writer
movieThe Mischief Makers
1957
Screenplay
Production19
movieConfidentially Yours
1983
Producer
movieThe Woman Next Door
1981
Producer
movieThe Last Metro
1980
Producer
movieLove on the Run
1979
Producer
movieThe Green Room
1978
Producer
movieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977
Producer
movieSmall Change
1976
Producer
movieThat Kid
1976
Producer
movieBed and Board
1970
Producer
movieMississippi Mermaid
1969
Producer
movieNaked Childhood
1969
Producer
movieStolen Kisses
1968
Producer
movieThe Soft Skin
1964
Producer
movieJules and Jim
1962
Producer
movieThe Army Game
1960
Producer
movieTestament of Orpheus
1960
Associate Producer
movieThe 400 Blows
1959
Producer
Crew1
movieWings of Desire
1987
In Memory Of