
Born 1932 — Died 1984
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 i…
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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)

Morceaux de Cannes(2021)

Jim Morrison: The End(2021)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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)

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture(2016)
as Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut l'insoumis(2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Ain't Misbehavin(2013)
as Self (archive footage)
To Be... A Classic(2012)
as Self (archive footage)

Two in the Wave(2010)
as Self (archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là(2010)
as Self (archive footage)

Once 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)

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'(2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years(2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)

Heart of the Festival(2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas(2000)
as Self

Monsieur 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

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child(1996)
as Self (archive footage)

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death(1996)
as Self (archive footage)

The World of Jacques Demy(1995)
as Self (archive footage)

The Secret of the Wild Child(1994)
as Self

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits(1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave(1992)
as Self (archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness(1978)
as Self

The Green Room(1978)In catalog
as Julien Davenne

Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)
as Claude Lacombe

François Truffaut(1977)
as Self

The Man Who Loved Women(1977)
as Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited)

Small Change(1976)
as Martine's father

The Story of Adèle H.(1975)
as Officer (uncredited)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself(1975)
as Self
Omnibus: François Truffaut(1973)
as Self

Day for Night(1973)
as Ferrand, the Director

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me(1972)
as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)

Two English Girls(1971)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Langlois(1970)
as Self

Bed and Board(1970)
as Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited)

The Wild Child(1970)
as Le Dr Jean Itard

Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films(1970)
as Self
The Birth of Children of Paradise(1967)
as Self

Carl Th. Dreyer(1966)
as Self

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit(1965)
as Self

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même(1964)
as Self

The Soft Skin(1964)
as Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited)

Take It All(1963)
as Self (uncredited)
Los 4 Golpes(1962)
as The Assassin

Portrait of François Truffaut(1961)
as Self

The Army Game(1960)
as Le taulard passionné de lecture

The 400 Blows(1959)
as Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)

Fool’s Mate(1956)
as Party guest (uncredited)

The Kreutzer Sonata(1956)
as Cameo (uncredited)
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Apostrophes(1975)
as Self