FILM DIRECTOR

François Truffaut

1932 - 1984

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François Roland Truffaut (UK: TROO-foh, TRUU-, US: troo-FOH; French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁɔlɑ̃ tʁyfo]; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic, widely regarded as one of the founders of the cinematic French New Wave. With a career of more than 25 years, he is an icon of the French film industry. Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959) was a defining film of the French New Wave movement, and was followed by four sequels: Antoine et Colette (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970), and Love on the Run (1979). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Truffaut has received more than 3,079,415 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). François Truffaut is the 19th most popular film director (up from 20th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from France (down from 201st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Film Director.

François Truffaut is most famous for his contribution to the French New Wave movement. He is also known for being the first person to write a book on Alfred Hitchcock.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, François Truffaut ranks 19 out of 2,041. Before him are Sergei Eisenstein, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Leni Riefenstahl, Wim Wenders, and Luchino Visconti. After him are Sergio Leone, Jean-Luc Godard, Pedro Almodóvar, Francis Ford Coppola, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Agnès Varda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, François Truffaut ranks 7. Before him are Umberto Eco, Jacques Chirac, Debbie Reynolds, Andrei Tarkovsky, Elizabeth Taylor, and Omar Sharif. After him are Miloš Forman, Johnny Cash, John Williams, Abebe Bikila, Peter O'Toole, and Cesare Maldini. Among people deceased in 1984, François Truffaut ranks 6. Before him are Richard Burton, Michel Foucault, Yuri Andropov, Indira Gandhi, and Paul Dirac. After him are Mikhail Sholokhov, Johnny Weissmuller, Mohamed Naguib, Julio Cortázar, Martin Niemöller, and Alfred Kastler.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Truffaut ranks 202 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Georges Cuvier (1769), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Erik Satie (1866), Guy of Lusignan (1150), and Charles the Bold (1433). After him are Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), Letizia Ramolino (1750), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Jean Marais (1913), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), and Roland Barthes (1915).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, François Truffaut ranks 2. Before him are Roman Polanski (1933). After him are Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Georges Méliès (1861), Roger Vadim (1928), Luc Besson (1959), Jacques Tati (1907), Claude Chabrol (1930), Éric Rohmer (1920), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Alain Resnais (1922), and William Wyler (1902).

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Filmography

The 400 Blows
Director
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
Jun 3o 19598.04 / 10
Jules and Jim
Director
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
Jan 23o 19627.6 / 10
Fahrenheit 451
Director
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
Sep 7o 19667.109 / 10