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François Truffaut was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential directors of the French New Wave. He was born on 6 February 1932 in Paris, France. Truffaut began his career as a film critic, writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma. He was a major proponent of the auteur theory, which holds that a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision. He directed his first feature film, The 400 Blows, in 1959. The film was a critical and commercial success, and Truffaut won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Truffaut went on to direct a number of acclaimed films, including Jules and Jim (1962), The Soft Skin (1964), Stolen Kisses (1968), and Day for Night (1973). He also wrote and directed the science fiction classic, Fahrenheit 451 (1966). Truffaut died of a brain tumor in 1984. He was 52 years old.

Popular As François Roland Truffaut
Occupation writer,director,producer
Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 6 February 1932
Birthday 6 February
Birthplace Paris, France
Date of death October 21, 1984
Died Place Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality France

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François Truffaut Height, Weight & Measurements

At 52 years old, François Truffaut height is 5' 6" (1.68 m) .

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Who Is François Truffaut's Wife?

His wife is Madeleine Morgenstern (m. 1957-1965)

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François Truffaut Net Worth

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)$75,000

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2011

Interviewed in "World Directors in Dialogue" by Bert Cardullo (Scarecrow Press, 2011).

1983

Daughter Josephine was born on Sept. 28, 1983. Mother was his companion (1981-84) Fanny Ardant.

1980

Was rumored to be a contender to direct The Stunt Man (1980), and to have used elements from that film's source, the Paul Brodeur novel of the same name, in the story of Day for Night (1973), but he strenuously denied these rumors in correspondence published after his death, claiming that inspiration had come instead from Singin' in the Rain (1952), 8½ (1963), and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).

1973

Directed two actresses to Oscar nominations: Valentina Cortese (Best Supporting Actress, Day for Night (1973)) and Isabelle Adjani (Best Actress, The Story of Adele H (1975)).

1970

Sold "la Cause du people" ("The Peoples' Cause") "revolutionary propaganda" to uphold the cause of freedom of expression on the streets of Paris (June 20, 1970). He had Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir for company.

1969

Two of his were films nominated for the same Golden Globe in the Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film category in 1969, a rare occurrence. Stolen Kisses (1968) and The Bride Wore Black (1968) competed against each other and both failed to win the award.

1968

In 1968, two years after the book "Hitchcock, Truffaut," Alfred Hitchcock hired Truffaut's star Claude Jade (Stolen Kisses (1968) [Baisers Volés], Bed & Board (1970), and Love on the Run (1979)) for Topaz (1969).

1967

Was Warren Beatty's first choice to direct Bonnie and Clyde (1967) but he turned it down.

1962

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.

1961

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1959

His other big year was 1959: the huge success of his first full-length film, The 400 Blows (1959), was the beginning of the New Wave, a new way of making movies in France. This was also the year his first daughter, Laura Truffaut, was born.

From 1959 until his death, François Truffaut's life and films are mixed up. Let's only note he had two other daughters Eva Truffaut (b.

1957

The year 1957 was an important one for him: he married Madeleine Morgenstern, the daughter of an important film distributor, and founded his own production company, Les Films du Carrosse; named after Jean Renoir's The Golden Coach (1952).

He also directed Les mistons (1957), considered the real first step of his cinematographic work.

1954

In 1954, as a test, Truffaut directed his first short film. Two years afterwords he assisted Roberto Rossellini with some later abandoned projects.

1953

In 1953 Truffaut published his first movie critiques in "Les Cahiers du Cinema. " In this magazine Truffaut, and some of his friends as passionate as he was, became defenders of what they call the "author policy".

1952

His first review for "Cahiers du Cinema" was for Sudden Fear (1952).

1950

Enlisted in the French army in December 1950, hoping to be assigned to the film branch, but he was assigned first to Germany and then to Indochina as an artilleryman. Unhappy, he deserted twice. He was caught and sent first to a military stockade and later to an asylum. His actions caused him to be dishonorably discharged in 1952.

1947

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. Bazin helped the delinquent Truffaut and also when he was put in jail because he deserted the army.

1927

Was voted the 27th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He is the highest ranking director on this list who was a film critic before he became a filmmaker.