Directing · Paris, France · Born February 6, 1932
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.
MovieDetermination
2026
as Self (archival footage)
MovieBeing Bo Widerberg
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePostface à l’Atalante
2025
as Self
MovieFrançois Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
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MovieCatherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePassion Fanny Ardant
2023
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieGodard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGodard by Godard
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDeneuve, la reine Catherine
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrançoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021
as archive footage
MovieSous le soleil de Pialat
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJim Morrison: The End
2021
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
MovieLes cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrançois Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
2020
as Self
MovieLes secrets de François Truffaut
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieIntroducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019
as Self (Archive Footage)
MovieAndré Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieWhen Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrançoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieJohn Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MovieVadim Mister Cool
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2016
MovieTruffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrançois Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAin't Misbehavin
2013
as Self (archive footage)
To Be... A Classic
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTwo in the Wave
2010
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCatherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2010
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOnce Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Truffaut
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOnce Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAlfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
2004
as Self (audio archival footage)
TVUn film et son époque
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHeart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLéaud l'unique
2001
as Self (archive) - filmmaker
MovieNouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
2000
as Self
MovieMonsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain
1996
as Self (archive) - film critic, filmmaker
MovieFrançois Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrançois Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe World of Jacques Demy
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Secret of the Wild Child
1994
as Self
MovieFrançois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCatherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978
as Self
MovieThe Green Room
1978
as Julien Davenne
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Claude Lacombe
MovieFrançois Truffaut
1977
as Self
MovieThe Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)
MovieSmall Change
1976
as Martine's father
MovieThe Story of Adèle H.
1975
as Officer (uncredited)
MovieI'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
as Self
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
TVApostrophes
1975
as Self
TVLes Musiciens de la pellicule
1974
as lui-même
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Omnibus: François Truffaut
1973
as Self
MovieDay for Night
1973
as Ferrand, the Director
MovieA Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
MovieTwo English Girls
1971
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieLanglois
1970
as Self
MovieBed and Board
1970
as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Wild Child
1970
as Le Dr Jean Itard
MovieCinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films
1970
as Self
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967
as Self
MovieCarl Th. Dreyer
1966
as Self
MovieFilmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965
as Self
TVPour le plaisir
1964
as Self
MovieLa Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1964
as Self
MovieThe Soft Skin
1964
as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)
MovieTake It All
1963
as Self (uncredited)
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Los 4 Golpes
1962
as The Assassin
MoviePortrait of François Truffaut
1961
as Self
MovieThe Army Game
1960
as Le taulard passionné de lecture
MovieThe 400 Blows
1959
as Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
MovieFool’s Mate
1956
as Party guest (uncredited)
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieThe Kreutzer Sonata
1956
as Cameo (uncredited)
TVReflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
