Truffaut

[troo-foh; French try-foh]

noun

Fran·çois

[fran-swah; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ; French frɑ̃ˈswa/, 1932–84, French film director.

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Contemporary Examples of truffaut

Some of these critics, notably Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, and Eric Rohmer, later became filmmakers of international repute.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
He says he likes Truffaut's work, but is hard pressed to think of a title.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
There must be in his life, as Truffaut remarked about Hitchcock's films, “inner fire and cool surfaces.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
“Right at the beginning, Truffaut and Delerue set the tone,” Desplat continues.
Meet Alexandre Desplat, Hollywood’s Master Composer
Andrew Romano
February 11, 2014
How about sitting around with [French director Francois] Truffaut for eight months and really getting to know him?
Bob Balaban: How I Write
Noah Charney
February 5, 2014

Historical Examples of truffaut

There are nearly thirty shades in Truffaut's Peony-flowered Asters.
The Mayflower, January, 1905
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British Dictionary definitions for truffaut

Truffaut

noun

François (frɑ̃swa). 1932–84, French film director of the New Wave. His films include Les Quatre cents coups (1959), Jules et Jim (1961), Baisers volés (1968), and Le Dernier Métro (1980)

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