François Roland Truffaut (Paris, 6 February 1932) is 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, and was followed by three sequels, "Stolen Kisses", "Bed and Board", and "Love on the Run" between 1958 and 1979.
Truffaut's 1973 film "Day for Night" earned him critical acclaim and several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His other notable films include "Shoot the Piano Player" (1960), "Jules et Jim" (1961), "The Wild Child" (1970), "Two English Girls" (1971), and "The Woman Next Door" (1981).