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Truffaut, Francois

Truffaut, Francois, troo FOH, frahn SWAH (1932-1984), was a leading French motion-picture director. He directed several semiautobiographical films, beginning in 1959 with The 400 Blows. The character Antoine Doinel reflects Truffaut's delinquent youth. Truffaut continued the story of Doinel's life in Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1971), and Love on the Run (1978). Truffaut's Day for Night won the 1973 Academy Award as best foreign language film.

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