Truffaut
Americannoun
noun
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He adds: “In fact, it already produced the Nouvelle Vague of people like François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
As well as continuing to make budget movies, he also began handling films made by distinguished foreign film-makers, including Francois Truffaut, Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini and introducing them to an American audience.
From BBC ● May 12, 2024
Though he is known for movies made quickly and cheaply for drive-ins and double-bills, Corman also distributed major international art-house films by the likes of Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, François Truffaut and Federico Fellini.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
Ms. Dillon received one of eight Oscar nominations for “Close Encounters,” whose cast included French director François Truffaut as a UFO expert.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2023
The theaters once hosted the West Coast premieres of powerhouse international films by the likes of Ingmar Bergman and François Truffaut, who became friends of the Laemmle family.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
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