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

• 2024Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses — Original Film Writer
• 2023Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door — Original Film Writer
• 2021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort — archive footage
• 2021Morceaux de Cannes
• 2016Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
• 2011The Magic Skin — Idea
• 2004Their First Films — Director
• 2002The Truth About Charlie — Original Film Writer
• 1996Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain — Self - film critic, filmmaker (archive footage)
• Belle Époque — Writer
• 1988The Little Thief — Story
• 1987Wings of Desire — In Memory Of
• 1983Breathless — Author
• 1983Confidentially Yours — Director, Screenplay, Producer, Adaptation, Dialogue
• 1983The Man Who Loved Women — Original Film Writer
• 1981The Woman Next Door — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 1980The Last Metro — Director, Screenplay, Producer, Dialogue
• 1979Love on the Run — Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 1978The Green Room — Julien Davenne, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Claude Lacombe
• 1977The Man Who Loved Women — Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 1976Small Change — Martine's father, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 1976That Kid — Producer
• 1975The Story of Adèle H. — Officer (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• Les Musiciens de la pellicule — lui-même
• 1973Day for Night — Ferrand, the Director, Screenplay
• 1972A Gorgeous Kid Like Me — Journalist (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 1971Two English Girls — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 1970Bed and Board — Le Marchand de Journaux (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay
• 1970The Wild Child — Le Dr Jean Itard, Director, Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue
• 1969Mississippi Mermaid — Director, Producer, Adaptation
• 1969Naked Childhood — Producer
• 1968Stolen Kisses — Director, Producer, Dialogue, Screenplay
• 1968The Bride Wore Black — Director, Adaptation
• 1966Fahrenheit 451 — Director, Screenplay
• 1964Mata Hari, Agent H21 — Screenplay
• 1964The Soft Skin — Le Pompiste (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 1962A Swelled Head — Writer
• 1962Antoine and Colette — Director, Writer
• 1962Jules and Jim — Director, Producer, Adaptation
• 1962Los 4 Golpes — The Assassin, Director
• 1962Love at Twenty — Director, Writer
• 1961A Story of Water — Writer, Director
• 1961Le scarabée d'or — Producer
• 1960Breathless — Original Story
• 1960Shoot the Piano Player — Director, Adaptation, Dialogue
• 1960Testament of Orpheus — Associate Producer
• 1960The Army Game — Le taulard passionné de lecture, Adaptation, Producer, Co-Director, Screenplay
• 1959The 400 Blows — Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Adaptation
• 1958Anna the Maid — Producer
• 1958The Mischief Makers — Director, Screenplay
• 1958The Overworked — Writer
• 1956Fool’s Mate — Party guest (uncredited)
• 1956The Kreutzer Sonata — Cameo (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (67)

• 2026Determination — Self (archival footage)
• 2025Being Bo Widerberg — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Postface à l’Atalante — Self
• 2024François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Godard Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Godard by Godard — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Passion Fanny Ardant — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2022Deneuve, la reine Catherine — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Jim Morrison: The End — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2021Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Sous le soleil de Pialat — Self (archive footage)
• 2020François Truffaut: Des films d'amour ! — Self
• 2020Les secrets de François Truffaut — Self (archive footage)
• 2019André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2019Introducing My Father, François Truffaut — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2019When Hitchcock met O'Casey — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesse — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2017John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2016Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Vadim Mister Cool — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Hitchcock/Truffaut — Self
• 2014François Truffaut l'insoumis — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Ain't Misbehavin — Self (archive footage)
• 2012To Be... A Classic — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Two in the Wave — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Looking for Truffaut — Self (archive footage)
• 2009On the Trail of the New Wave — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City' — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years — Self (audio archival footage)
• Un film et son époque — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Léaud l'unique — Self (archive) - filmmaker
• 2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas — Self
• 1999Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo — Self (archive footage)
• 1996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death — Self (archive footage)
• 1996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child — Self (archive footage)
• 1995The World of Jacques Demy — Self (archive footage)
• 1994The Secret of the Wild Child — Self
• 1993François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits — Self (archive footage)
• 1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave — Self (archive footage)
• 1978Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• 1977François Truffaut — Self
• Apostrophes — Self
• 1975I'm a Stranger Here Myself — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• 1973Omnibus: François Truffaut — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• 1970Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films — Self
• 1970Langlois — Self
• Omnibus — Self
• 1967The Birth of Children of Paradise — Self
• 1966Carl Th. Dreyer — Self
• 1965Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit — Self
• 1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même — Self
• Pour le plaisir — Self
• 1963Take It All — Self (uncredited)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• 1961Portrait of François Truffaut — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self
• Reflets de Cannes — Self