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.
British Academy Film Awards
Best Film
Best Direction
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Best Director Award
National Board of Review Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Director
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Director
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Film
Best Director
Known For
Fahrenheit 451
(1966)
Director
The Last Metro
(1980)
Director
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Director
Jules and Jim
(1962)
Director
The Bride Wore Black
(1968)
Director
Confidentially Yours
(1983)
Director
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Director
The Story of Adele H.
(1975)
Director
The Man Who Loved Women
(1977)
Director
Shoot the Piano Player
(1960)
Director
Mississippi Mermaid
(1969)
Director
Day for Night
(1973)
Director
The Soft Skin
(1964)
Director
Two English Girls
(1971)
Director
Antoine and Colette
(1962)
Director
Small Change
(1976)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
A Visit
(1955)
Director
The Mischief Makers
(1957)
Director
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Director
Shoot the Piano Player
(1960)
Director
The Army Game
(1960)
Co-Director
A Story of Water
(1961)
Director
Antoine and Colette
(1962)
Director
Jules and Jim
(1962)
Director
Love at Twenty
(1962)
Director
Los 4 Golpes
(1962)
Director
The Soft Skin
(1964)
Director
Fahrenheit 451
(1966)
Director
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Director
The Bride Wore Black
(1968)
Director
Mississippi Mermaid
(1969)
Director
Bed and Board
(1970)
Director
The Wild Child
(1970)
Director
Two English Girls
(1971)
Director
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
(1972)
Director
Day for Night
(1973)
Director
The Story of Adele H.
(1975)
Director
Small Change
(1976)
Director
The Man Who Loved Women
(1977)
Director
The Green Room
(1978)
Director
Love on the Run
(1979)
Director
The Last Metro
(1980)
Director
The Woman Next Door
(1981)
Director
Confidentially Yours
(1983)
Director
Their First Films
(2004)
Director
Acting
The Kreutzer Sonata
(1956)
Cameo (uncredited)
Fool's Mate
(1956)
Party guest (uncredited)
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Man in Funfair (uncredited)
The Army Game
(1960)
Le taulard passionné de lecture
Portrait of François Truffaut
(1961)
Self
Los 4 Golpes
(1962)
El Asasino (The Assassin)
Take It All
(1963)
Self (uncredited)
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
(1964)
Self
The Soft Skin
(1964)
Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
(1965)
Self
Carl Th. Dreyer
(1966)
Self
The Birth of Children of Paradise
(1967)
Self
Postface à l’Atalante
(1968)
Self
Bed and Board
(1970)
Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild Child
(1970)
Le Dr Jean Itard
Langlois
(1970)
Self
François Truffaut, dix ans dix films
(1970)
Self
Two English Girls
(1971)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Day for Night
(1973)
Directeur Ferrand
Omnibus: François Truffaut
(1973)
Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
(1975)
Self
The Story of Adele H.
(1975)
Officer (uncredited)
Small Change
(1976)
Martines Vater
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977)
Claude Lacombe
The Man Who Loved Women
(1977)
Un homme aux fénérailles (non crédité)
The Green Room
(1978)
Julien Davenne
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
(1978)
Self
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
(1992)
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
(1993)
Self (archive footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child
(1994)
Self
The World of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
(2000)
Self
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
(2004)
Self (audio archival footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Truffaut
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Two in the Wave
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
To Be... A Classic
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock/Truffaut
(2015)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vadim Mister Cool
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
(2017)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
(2018)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
(2019)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Les secrets de François Truffaut
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Jim Morrison: The End
(2021)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sous le soleil de Pialat
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
(2021)
Godard Cinema
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Fanny Ardant - Naissance d'une passion
(2023)
Himself (archive)
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
The Mischief Makers
(1957)
Screenplay
The Overworked
(1958)
Writer
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Adaptation and Screenplay
The Army Game
(1960)
Adaptation
Breathless
(1960)
Original Story
Shoot the Piano Player
(1960)
Dialogue and Adaptation
A Story of Water
(1961)
Writer
Love at Twenty
(1962)
Writer
A Swelled Head
(1962)
Writer
Antoine and Colette
(1962)
Writer
Jules and Jim
(1962)
Adaptation
The Soft Skin
(1964)
Screenplay
Mata Hari, Agent H21
(1964)
Screenplay
Fahrenheit 451
(1966)
Screenplay
The Bride Wore Black
(1968)
Adaptation
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Dialogue and Screenplay
Mississippi Mermaid
(1969)
Adaptation
The Wild Child
(1970)
Screenplay, Dialogue, and Adaptation
Bed and Board
(1970)
Dialogue and Screenplay
Two English Girls
(1971)
Adaptation
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
(1972)
Writer
Day for Night
(1973)
Screenplay
The Story of Adele H.
(1975)
Screenplay
Small Change
(1976)
Screenplay
The Man Who Loved Women
(1977)
Screenplay
The Green Room
(1978)
Screenplay
Love on the Run
(1979)
Screenplay
The Last Metro
(1980)
Screenplay and Dialogue
The Woman Next Door
(1981)
Screenplay
Breathless
(1983)
Author
Confidentially Yours
(1983)
Screenplay
The Man Who Loved Women
(1983)
Original Film Writer
The Little Thief
(1988)
Story
The Magic Skin
(2011)
Idea
Short cuts : François Truffaut's « The Woman Next Door »
(2023)
Original Film Writer
Production
Anna the Maid
(1958)
Producer
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Producer
The Army Game
(1960)
Producer
Testament of Orpheus
(1960)
Associate Producer
Le scarabée d'or
(1961)
Producer
Jules and Jim
(1962)
Producer
The Soft Skin
(1964)
Producer
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Producer
Mississippi Mermaid
(1969)
Producer
Naked Childhood
(1969)
Producer
Bed and Board
(1970)
Producer
Small Change
(1976)
Producer
That Kid
(1976)
Producer
The Man Who Loved Women
(1977)
Producer
The Green Room
(1978)
Producer
Love on the Run
(1979)
Producer
The Last Metro
(1980)
Producer
The Woman Next Door
(1981)
Producer
Confidentially Yours
(1983)
Producer
Crew