François Roland Truffaut was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic, who is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. He came under the tutelage of film critic Andre Bazin as a young man and was hired to write for Bazin's Cahiers du Cinéma, where he became a proponent of the auteur theory, which posits that a film's director is its true author. The 400 Blows (1959), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud as Truffaut's alter ego Antoine Doinel, was a defining film of the New Wave.
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Being Bo WiderbergMovie | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2023 | Godard CinemaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2023 | Godard by GodardMovie | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2021 | Jim Morrison: The EndMovie | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2021 | Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of RochefortMovie | archive footage | 89 |
| 2021 | Morceaux de CannesMovie | — | 89 |
| 2020 | Les secrets de François TruffautMovie | Self (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2019 | When Hitchcock met O'CaseyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2018 | Françoise Dorléac, une promesseMovie | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2017 | John Travolta, le miraculé d'HollywoodMovie | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2016 | Vadim Mister CoolMovie | Self (archive footage) | 84 |
| 2016 | Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free WomanMovie | — | 84 |
| 2013 | Ain't MisbehavinMovie | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2009 | Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'Movie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2003 | Un film et son époqueSeries | Self (archive footage) | 71 |
| 2002 | Heart of the FestivalMovie | Self (archive footage) | 70 |
| 1995 | The World of Jacques DemyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 63 |
| 1993 | François Truffaut: Stolen PortraitsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 61 |
| 1992 | Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New WaveMovie | Self (archive footage) | 60 |
| 1978 | The Green RoomMovie | Julien Davenne | 46 |
| 1978 | Ciné regardsSeries | Self | 46 |
| 1978 | Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain BlondenessMovie | Self | 46 |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved WomenMovie | Un homme aux fénérailles (uncredited) | 45 |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third KindMovie | Claude Lacombe | 45 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries | Self | 43 |
| 1975 | ApostrophesSeries | Self | 43 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinémaSeries | Self | 42 |
| 1973 | Day for NightMovie | Ferrand, the Director | 41 |
| 1973 | Omnibus: François TruffautMovie | Self | 41 |
| 1972 | Le Grand ÉchiquierSeries | Self | 40 |
| 1970 | LangloisMovie | Self | 38 |
| 1967 | OmnibusSeries | Self | 35 |
| 1967 | The Birth of Children of ParadiseMovie | Self | 35 |
| 1966 | Carl Th. DreyerMovie | Self | 34 |
| 1964 | Pour le plaisirSeries | Self | 32 |
| 1963 | Take It AllMovie | Self (uncredited) | 31 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSeries | Self | 30 |
| 1962 | Los 4 GolpesMovie | The Assassin | 30 |
| 1960 | The Army GameMovie | Le taulard passionné de lecture | 28 |
| 1959 | The 400 BlowsMovie | Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité) | 27 |
| 1956 | CinépanoramaSeries | Self | 24 |
| 1956 | Fool’s MateMovie | Party guest (uncredited) | 24 |
| 1954 | Reflets de CannesSeries | Self | 22 |