François Truffaut

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French New Wave filmmaker actor film critic film director human producer screenwriter

François Truffaut was a pioneering French New Wave filmmaker and critic known for his innovative, deeply personal films such as "The 400 Blows" and his influential writings on cinema.

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instanceOf French New Wave filmmaker ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film critic ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
actedIn Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) ⓘ
surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
awardReceived Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) ⓘ
surface form: Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award

Silver Bear for Best Director ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
characterCreated Antoine Doinel ⓘ
child Eva Truffaut ⓘ
Laura Truffaut ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-02-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1984-10-21 ⓘ
directed Bed and Board ⓘ
Confidentially Yours ⓘ
Day for Night ⓘ
Fahrenheit 451 ⓘ
Jules and Jim ⓘ
Love on the Run ⓘ
Shoot the Piano Player ⓘ
Small Change ⓘ
Stolen Kisses ⓘ
The 400 Blows ⓘ
The Bride Wore Black ⓘ
The Green Room ⓘ
The Last Metro ⓘ
The Man Who Loved Women ⓘ
The Soft Skin ⓘ
The Story of Adèle H. ⓘ
Two English Girls ⓘ
employer Cahiers du Cinéma ⓘ
familyName François Truffaut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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fullName François Truffaut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: François Roland Truffaut
genre autobiographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
givenName François ⓘ
influenced Martin Scorsese ⓘ
Quentin Tarantino ⓘ
Wes Anderson ⓘ
influencedBy André Bazin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement French New Wave ⓘ
notableIdea auteur theory ⓘ
notableSeries Antoine Doinel series ⓘ
notableWork Bed and Board ⓘ
Confidentially Yours ⓘ
Day for Night ⓘ
Fahrenheit 451 ⓘ
Jules and Jim ⓘ
Love on the Run ⓘ
Shoot the Piano Player ⓘ
Small Change ⓘ
Stolen Kisses ⓘ
The 400 Blows ⓘ
The Bride Wore Black ⓘ
The Green Room ⓘ
The Last Metro ⓘ
The Man Who Loved Women ⓘ
The Soft Skin ⓘ
The Story of Adèle H. ⓘ
Two English Girls ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film critic ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Neuilly-sur-Seine ⓘ
surface form: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
spouse Madeleine Morgenstern ⓘ
subjectOf Hitchcock/Truffaut ⓘ
wrote Hitchcock/Truffaut ⓘ

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this entity surface form: François Roland Truffaut
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Alfred Hitchcock → influenced → François Truffaut ⓘ
Howard Hawks → influenced → François Truffaut ⓘ
Roberto Rossellini → influenced → François Truffaut ⓘ
Cimetière de Montmartre → notableBurial → François Truffaut ⓘ