François Truffaut's biography

François Truffaut is 52 years old film director born at Paris. He was born on Saturday 6th of February 1932. He is often nicknamed as Le Petit CaporalLa Truffe. According to year of birth 1932 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 6th of February means he is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

He is native french speaker. He is citizen of France. He is an adherent of catholicism. His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as screenwriter, film actor, film producer, film critic, actor, writer. He is recently known as director. He received Cannes Best Director Award The 400 Blows in 1959

François Truffaut's family

François Truffaut's ex spouse

Madeleine Morgenstern

François Truffaut and Madeleine Morgenstern have been together since 1957 for 8 years.

He has 1 daughter.

François Truffaut's daughter: Éva Truffaut

François Truffaut's daughter's name is Éva Truffaut. She is known as actor. His daughter was born on Thursday 29th of June 1961.

François Truffaut's career

His main focus is to be film director.

François Truffaut's partner

Fanny Ardant

François Truffaut and Fanny Ardant have been together. She is known as actor. His partner was born on Tuesday 22nd of March 1949 in Saumur.

How did François Truffaut die

He died on on Sunday 21st of October 1984 when he was 52 years old. François Truffauts death was caused by brain tumor. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

François Truffaut's Awards

He received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work The 400 Blows in 1959
He received award for Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film for work The 400 Blows in 1959
He received award for Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film for work Jules and Jim in 1962
He received award for Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film for work The Soft Skin in 1964
He received award for Louis Delluc Prize for work Stolen Kisses in 1968
He received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film for work The Wild Child in 1970
He received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Director for work The Wild Child in 1970
He received award for New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film for work Day for Night in 1973
He received award for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work Day for Night in 1973
He received award for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for work Day for Night in 1973
He received award for New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director for work Day for Night in 1973
He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work Day for Night in 1974
He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work Day for Night in 1974
He received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film for work The Story of Adele H. in 1975
He received award for César Award for Best Writing for work The Last Metro in 1981
He received award for César Award for Best Film for work The Last Metro in 1981
He received award for César Award for Best Director for work The Last Metro in 1981

François Truffaut's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work The 400 Blows in 1961
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work Jules and Jim in 1963
He was nominated for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for work Fahrenheit 451 in 1967
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work Stolen Kisses in 1969
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for work The Wild Child in 1970
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work The Wild Child in 1970
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for work Day for Night in 1973
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work Day for Night in 1974
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work Day for Night in 1974
He was nominated for César Award for Best Director for work The Story of Adele H. in 1976
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for work Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1979
He was nominated for César Award for Best Writing for work The Last Metro in 1981
He was nominated for César Award for Best Director for work The Last Metro in 1981
He was nominated for César Award for Best Film for work The Last Metro in 1981
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language for work Confidentially Yours in 1984
He was nominated for César Award for Best Director for work Confidentially Yours in 1984
He was nominated for César Award for Best Writing for work The Little Thief in 1989

What François Truffaut has done for a first time

Was Warren Beatty's first choice to direct Bonnie and Clyde (1967) but he turned it down.
His first review for "Cahiers du Cinema" was for Sudden Fear (1952).

François Truffaut's quotes

Sometimes I force myself. In the case of Bed & Board (1970) I laid down certain laws for myself. Henri Langlois, who loved Stolen Kisses (1968), said to me, "Now you have to get Jean-Pierre LÃ©aud and Claude Jade married".
Is the cinema more important than life?
I have always preferred the reflect of the life to life itself
Film lovers are sick people.
Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.
Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.
I make films that I would like to have seen when I was a young man.
When I first saw Citizen Kane (1941), I was certain that never in my life had I loved a person the way I loved that film.
Cinema is an improvement on life.
[on Jean-Pierre LÃ©aud] The most interesting actor of his generation. There are actors who are interesting even if they merely stand in front of a door; LÃ©aud is one of them.
[in 1964, on Edvin Laine's The Unknown Soldier (1955)] It has to be one of the best anti-war movies.
[in "le Monde", Paris, 1962] The thing which gives me the courage to keep going is that in the cinema industry one does not feel isolated. Solitude is one of the greatest problems facing other artists such as abstract painters and musicians.
[on Michelangelo Antonioni] Antonioni is the only important director I have nothing good to say about. He bores me; he's so solemn and humorless.
The talent of [Jean-Luc Godard] goes toward a destructive object. Like [Pablo Picasso,, to whom he's compared very often, he destroys what he does; the act of creation is destructive. I like to work in tradition, in the constructive tradition.
[In a 1973 interview] [Ãric Rohmer] is the best French director now. He became famous very late compared to the rest of us, but for 15 years he's been behind us all the time. He's influenced us from behind for a long time.
[reviewing Scarface (1932) in 1954] This isn't literature. It may be dance or poetry. It is certainly cinema.
Well, to put it bluntly, isn't there a certain incompatibility between the terms "cinema" and "Britain"?
In Lubitsch Swiss cheese, each hole winks.
There is only one kind of bad spectator: one who walks in after the film has started.

François Truffaut's body shape

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François Truffaut