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François Truffaut
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Biography
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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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Shoot the Piano Player
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Wild Child
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The 400 Blows
Directed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
As Claude Lacombe
Breathless
Story
Ain't Misbehavin
As Self (archive footage)
The Bride Wore Black
Directed
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
As Self
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KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Wild Hearts: Feral Children and the Call of the Wild
From the forests of 18th-century France to the animated jungles of Mowgli, a journey through cinema's feral children and their quest for belonging.
7 films
When Slapstick Becomes Endurance Art
A chain that starts with grown men stapling themselves to each other and ends somewhere near Buster Keaton, via a Belgian postman and a man who actually ate his...
8 films
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