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National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA. 1974 Winner NSFC Award. Best Director. Day for Night. 1971 Nominee NSFC Award. Best Director.
- February 6, 1932
- October 21, 1984
Truffaut's 1973 film Day for Night earned him critical acclaim and several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His other notable films include Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Jules and Jim (1962), The Soft Skin (1964), The Wild Child (1970), Two English Girls (1971), The Last ...
Truffaut was the most popular and successful French film director ever. His main themes were passion, women, childhood and faithfulness. Born February 6, 1932. Died October 21, 1984 (52) Add to list. Nominated for 3 Oscars. 34 wins & 36 nominations total.
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- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
François Truffaut and Anne Doat in Fool's Mate (1956)- François Truffaut in Femme d'aujourd'hui (1965)
- François Truffaut and Eumenio Blanco in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- François Truffaut, Lance Henriksen, Bob Balaban, and Warren J. Kemmerling in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- François Truffaut, Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Balaban, and Melinda Dillon in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- François Truffaut, Richard Dreyfuss, Lance Henriksen, and Bob Balaban in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The François Truffaut Award (Italian: Premio François Truffaut) was an Italian film award, named in memory of French director François Truffaut, that was awarded from 1988 to 2014 at the Giffoni Film Festival. Recipients. 1988: Ida Di Benedetto, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and Louis Malle
May 16, 2024 · Almost forty years after his death, the leading New Wave director features in Le scénario de ma vie, François Truffaut (François Truffaut, My Life, a Screenplay) – a documentary by David Teboul based on the filmmaker’s unpublished writings.
Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Helen Scott, Ray Bradbury: Nominated 1966 Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion: François Truffaut Nominated
François Roland Truffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 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.
