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François Roland Truffaut (UK: / ˈ t r uː f oʊ, ˈ t r ʊ-/ TROO-foh, TRUU-, US: / t r uː ˈ f oʊ / troo-FOH; [1] [2] 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. [3]
François Truffaut. Writer: Day for Night. French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector.
François Truffaut, né le 6 février 1932 à Paris 17e et mort le 21 octobre 1984 à Neuilly-sur-Seine 3, est un cinéaste français, figure majeure de la Nouvelle Vague et auteur de vingt-et-un longs métrages qui ont contribué à révolutionner la narration cinématographique.
Oct 17, 2024 · François Truffaut (born February 6, 1932, Paris, France—died October 21, 1984, Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris) was a French film critic, director, and producer whose attacks on established filmmaking techniques both paved the way for and pioneered the movement known as the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave).
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 23 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Day for Night. 1973 1h 56m PG. 8.0 (25K) Rate. A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Feb 6, 2015 · François Truffaut: 10 essential films. The gentlest of the major directors of the French New Wave, François Truffaut made some of the movement's best-loved classics, from Jules et Jim to Day for Night.
Mini Bio. French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector.
Nov 5, 1984 · In 1958, at 26, he directed The 400 Blows, brought the new wave of film makers to its crest and became a budding auteur. With fellow New Wavers Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais, Truffaut yanked...