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François Truffaut
Paris, France
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 lastin…
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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.
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2026
Determination
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2025
Being Bo Widerberg
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2025
Postface à l’Atalante
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2024
Short Cuts : Stolen Kisses
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2024
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
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2023
Catherine Deneuve, in the eye of the camera
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2023
Passion Fanny Ardant
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2023
Godard Cinema
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2023
Short cuts : François Truffaut's The Woman Next Door
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2023
Godard by Godard
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2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
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2021
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
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2021
Sous le soleil de Pialat
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2021
Jim Morrison: The End
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2021
Morceaux de Cannes
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2021
Les cahiers du cinéma, la création d'une empreinte
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2020
François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !
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2020
Les secrets de François Truffaut
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2019
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
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2019
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
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2019
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
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2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
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2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
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2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
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2016
Vadim Mister Cool
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2016
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
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2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
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2014
François Truffaut l'insoumis
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2013
Ain't Misbehavin
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2012
To Be... A Classic
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2011
The Magic Skin
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2010
Two in the Wave
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2010
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
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2009
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
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2009
On the Trail of the New Wave
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2009
Looking for Truffaut
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2006
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
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2004
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years
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2004
Their First Films
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