Biography
François Roland Truffaut was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. Widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave, he came under the tutelage of film critic André Bazin as a young man and was hired to write for the latter's Cahiers du Cinéma, where Truffaut became a proponent of the auteur theory, which posits that a film's director is its true author.
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Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1981
- César Award — Best Director · 1981
- César Award — Best Film · 1981
- David di Donatello Luchino Visconti · 1981
- National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 1975
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- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1974
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1974
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 1973
- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Film · 1973
- New York Film Critics Circle Award — Best Director · 1973
- National Board of Review Award — Best Director · 1970
- National Board of Review Award — Best Foreign Language Film · 1970
- Louis Delluc Prize · 1968
- Bodil Award — Best Non-American Film · 1964
- Bodil Award — Best Non-American Film · 1962
- Bodil Award — Best Non-American Film · 1959
- Cannes Best Director Award · 1959
- Jean-Le-Duc award
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1989 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film Not in the English Language · 1984 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 1984 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 1981 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 1981 · nominated
- César Award — Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1981 · nominated
- David di Donatello Luchino Visconti · 1981 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 1979 · nominated
- César Award — Best Director · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1975 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1974 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1974 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 1973 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Screenplay · 1970 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 1970 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Director · 1969 · nominated
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1967 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1963 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1960 · nominated
Filmography38 titles
The 400 Blows
Wings of Desire
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
Testament of Orpheus
Jules and Jim
Breathless
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Naked Childhood
Stolen Kisses
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Last Metro
Small Change
The Soft Skin
Antoine and Colette
Shoot the Piano Player
Confidentially Yours
The Woman Next Door
The Man Who Loved Women
Bed & Board
The Wild Child
The Bride Wore Black
Fahrenheit 451
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Love on the Run
Two English Girls
The World of Jacques Demy
The Story of Adele H
The Mischief Makers
The Green Room
Mississippi Mermaid
A Story of Water
Fool’s Mate
Breathless
Take It All
Godard Cinema
Langlois
The Truth About Charlie
The Man Who Loved Women