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François Truffaut
Film director
1932 – 1984
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Who was François Truffaut?
François Roland Truffaut was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic, as well as 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, having worked on over 25 films. Truffaut's film The 400 Blows came to be a defining film of the French New Wave movement.
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- Born
- Feb 6, 1932
Paris - Also known as
- François Roland Truffaut
- Francois Truffaut
- F. Truffaut
- François
- Le Petit Caporal
- La Truffe
- Parents
- Spouses
- Madeleine Morgenstern
(1957/10/29 - 1965) - Fanny Ardant
(1981 - 1984/10/21) - Catherine Deneuve
- Madeleine Morgenstern
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Oct 21, 1984
Neuilly-sur-Seine - Resting place
- Montmartre Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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