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François Truffaut: Quick Facts

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Born February 6, 1932 • Paris • France
Died October 21, 1984 (aged 52) • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Notable Works “A Story of Water” • “Bed and Board” • “Day for Night” • “Fahrenheit 451” • “Jules and Jim” • “Shoot the Piano Player” • “Stolen Kisses” • “The 400 Blows” • “The Last Metro” • “The Mischief Makers” • “Two English Girls”
Movement / Style New Wave

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French director Francois Truffaut stands at right speaking with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve during filming of La Sirene du Mississippi on a city street.
scene from Les Quatre Cents Coups
Jean-Pierre Leaud and Claude Jade sit at a table, facing each other and holding hands, in a scene from the 1968 film Stolen Kisses directed by Francois Truffaut.
Oskar Werner and Jeanne Moreau in Jules et Jim
Oskar Werner as Guy Montag and Cyril Cusack as The Captain, both in black uniforms and helmets, burn books in a scene from the 1966 film Fahrenheit 451.
Catherine Deneuve sits at a vanity looking into a mirror, with Gerard Depardieu standing behind her, in a scene from the film The Last Metro.
Jean-Pierre Leaud and Jacqueline Bisset in a scene from Day for Night, with Leaud in a suit looking at Bisset, who faces forward in a patterned dress and large earrings.
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