caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
françois truffaut -lrb- 1965 -rrb- 21 october 1984 neuilly-sur-seine , hauts-de-seine , france 1955 -- 84 paris , france 6 february 1932 madeleine -rrb- morgenstern 1957 1965 -lrb- divorced ; 2 children françois truffaut -lrb- 1965 -rrb- . jpg françois truffaut
 françois truffaut actor screenwriter , film critic , filmmaker , producer ,
françois truffaut

françois roland truffaut -lrb- ; 6 february 1932 -- 21 october 1984 -rrb- 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 .
he also directed such classics as `` shoot the piano player '' -lrb- 1960 -rrb- , `` jules et jim '' -lrb- 1961 -rrb- , `` the wild child '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , `` two english girls '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , `` day for night '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- and `` the woman next door '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- .
