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“Life is hard, but it's wonderful.”
— François Truffaut (in "Small Change" 1976)

“In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.”
— François Truffaut

“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when
the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.”
— François Truffaut

François Truffaut entry at Wikipedia

French New Wave {Nouvelle Vague} entry at Wikipedia

François Truffaut won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Day For Night" [1973] and was nominated 5 times (1960, 1968, 1975 & 1980) He also won two awards at Cannes (1959) BAFTA Award for Best Direction (1974) plus 3 nominations 3 César Awards (1981) plus 3 nominations Donatello/Visconti Award (1981)

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Movies  By  François  Truffaut

"Francois Truffaut's Adventures of Antoine Doinel" [2003] Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud Home Vision color/b&w DVD [4/2003] 5 disks for $89.99 includes "The 400 Blows" [1959], "Antoine & Colette (from 'Love at Twenty')" [1962], "Stolen Kisses" [1968], "Bed and Board" [1970] & "Love on the Run" [1979] with interviews & trailers

Truffaut Collection [1999] Volume 1: Fox/Lorber VHS [4/99] 6 tapes - out of prodn/rare includes "The 400 Blows" [1959], "Shoot the Piano Player" [1960], "Two English Girls and the Continent" [1971], "Love on the Run" [1979], "The Last Metro" [1980], and "Confidentially Yours" [1983] Volume 2: Fox/Lorber VHS [8/99] 6 tapes - out of prodn/rare includes 5 features & 2 short films: "Les Mistons" [1957 short], "The 400 Blows" [1959], "Love at Twenty" {aka "Antoine et Colette"} [1962 short], "Jules and Jim" [1962], "The Soft Skin" [1964], "Bed and Board" [1970], and "The Woman Next Door" [1981]

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"Les Mistons" short [France Nov 1957, USA July 1959]
Written & directed by François Truffaut; full credits from IMDb

"The 400 Blows"aka "Les Quatre Cents Coups"
[France May 1959, USA Nov 1959]
Produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jean-Pierre Léaud
full credits from IMDb

"Shoot  The  Piano  Player"
aka "Tirez sur le Pianiste" [France Nov 1960, USA July 1962]

After his wife's suicide, a virtuoso pianist gives up on life and takes a job playing piano in a bar. When his criminal brother takes refuge in the bar, chased by two gangsters, the piano player and the waitress who loves him are also placed in jeopardy. Co-written & directed by François Truffaut; adapted from a novel by David Goodis; starring Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Richard Kanayan, Claude Mansard, Daniel Boulanger, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier & Serge Davri Fox/Lorber b&w DVD [5/99] out of prodn/used Home Vision widescreen b&w VHS [4/98] out of prodn/used Fox/Lorber widescreen b&w VHS [4/99] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

"Down There" {aka "Shoot The Piano Player"} [1936] by David Goodis Vintage 8x5¼ pb [10/90] for $9.80 script, with critical text by Peter Brunette [1993] Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/93] for $17.00

"Antoine & Colette"
(from 'Love at Twenty' aka "L'Amour à Vingt Ans")
[France June 1962, USA Feb 1963]
Segment written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jean-Pierre Léaud & Marie-France Pisier
full credits from IMDb

"Jules and Jim" [France Jan 1962, USA April 1962]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jeanne Moreau,
Oskar Werner & Henri Serre; full credits from IMDb

"The Soft Skin" [France April 1964, USA Oct 1964]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jean Desailly
& Françoise Dorleac; full credits from IMDb

"Fahrenheit  451"
[Universal France Sept 1966, USA Nov 1966]

	Co-written & directed by François Truffaut; based on the 1953 book by Ray Bradbury; cinematography by Nicolas Roeg; starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie & Cyril Cusack Universal widescreen color DVD [4/2003] for $9.99 Image Ent. letterbox color DVD [10/2000] out of prodn/used Universal color VHS [6/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb
	Ballantine pb [2/95] for $6.29 Ballantine 8¼x5½ trade pb [8/96] for $9.60 Simon & Schuster hardcover [9/93] for $14.70 audio read by Ray Bradbury Harper UNABR audio [10/2001] 6 tapes for $20.97 Harper ABR audio [10/2001] for $18.16 Harper ABR audio CD [10/2001] for $20.96

"The Bride Wore Black" [France April 1968, USA June 1968]
Co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jeanne Moreau; full credits from IMDb

"Stolen Kisses" [France Sept 1968, USA Feb 1969]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jean-Pierre Léaud,
Claude Jade, Michel Lonsdale & Delphine Seyrig; Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film
full credits from IMDb

"The Wild Child" [France Feb 1970, USA Sept 1970]
Co-written & directed by and starring François Truffaut; also starring Jean-Pierre Cargol
full credits from IMDb

"Bed and Board" [France Sept 1970, USA Jan 1971]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade
& Hiroko Berghauer; full credits from IMDb

"Two English Girls"
[France Nov 1971, USA Oct 1972]
Co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham
& Stacey Tendeter; full credits from IMDb

"Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me"
[France Sept 1972, USA March 1973]
Co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Bernadette Lafont,
André Dussollier, Charles Denner & Guy Marchand; full credits from IMDb

"Day  For  Night" aka "La Nuit américaine" [France May 1973, U.S.A. Sept 1973] Co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi & Nathalie Baye; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (VC) full credits at IMDb

"Small Change" [France March 1976, USA Oct 1976]
Co-written & directed by François Truffaut; full credits from IMDb

"The Man Who Loved Women"
[France April 1977, USA Oct 1977]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Charles Denner,
Brigitte Fossey, Leslie Caron & Nathalie Baye; full credits from IMDb

American remake [Columbia Dec 1983]
Co-written & directed by Blake Edwards; starring Burt Reynolds & Julie Andrews
full credits from IMDb

"The Green Room" [France April 1978, USA Sept 1979]
Produced, co-written & directed by and starring François Truffaut; full credits from IMDb

"Love on the Run" [France Jan 1979, USA April 1979]
Produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Jean-Pierre Léaud,
Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Dani & Dorothée; full credits from IMDb

"The Last Metro" [France Sept 1980, USA Feb 1981]
Produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Catherine Deneuve, Gérard
Depardieu & Heinz Bennent; Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film; full credits from IMDb

"The Woman Next Door" [studio mo 1981]
Produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant,
Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner & Véronique Silver; full credits from IMDb

"Confidentially Yours" [France Aug 1983, USA Jan 1984]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by François Truffaut; starring Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis
Trintignant, Caroline Sihol & Jean-Pierre Kalfon; full credits from IMDb

Books  By  François  Truffaut

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"The Films In My Life" [1981] by François Truffaut, translated by Leonard Mayhew Da Capo Press 8¼x5½ pb [9/94] for $11.53

Works  About  François  Truffaut

	"Francois Truffaut At Work" [2005] by Carole Le Berre Phaidon Press 11¼x9½ pb [12/2005] for $51.06
	"Truffaut: A Biography" [1999] by Antoine de Baecque & Serge Toubiana Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [9/2000] for $18.96 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [4/99] out of prodn/many used
	"François Truffaut (French Film Directors Series)" [1998] by Diana Holmes & Robert Ingram Manchester Univ Press 7½x5 pb [10/98] for $18.66 Taschen 10x8 pb [6/2004] for $19.99 Manchester Univ Press 8x5¼ hardcover [10/98] out of print/used
	"François Truffaut" [orig 1978; rev 1995] by Annette Insdorf Cambridge Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/95] for $26.90
	"Truffaut By Truffaut" [1985] Edited by Dominique Rabourdin, translation by Robert Erich Wolf Harry N. Abrams 12¾x10½ hardcover [9/87] out of print/used

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