Was Warren Beatty's first choice to direct "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) but turned him down.

Buried in the exclusive "Montmartre" cemetery Paris, France.

When genius director Sergei Parajanov was imprisoned, Truffaut signed a petition to Soviet government to release Parajanov.

Was voted the 27th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He is the highest ranking director on this list who was a film critic before he became a filmmaker.

Fiancé of Claude Jade (1968).

He was a big Alfred Hitchcock fan and defined him as his master.

Son of Jeanine de Montferrand and Roland Lévy. François was raised by his maternal grandparents.

Father, with Madeleine Morgenstern, of two girls named Laura (b. January 22th 1959) and Eva (b. June 29th 1961).

Birth of his daughter Joséphine with companion Fanny Ardant (September 28th 1983). Partner with Fanny (1981-1984).

Picked up a hitchhiker once and started a conversation about movies. When it turned out the man had little too knowledge about this subject to particpate Truffaut insisted on him leaving the car

In 1968, two years after the book "Hitchcock, Truffaut," Alfred Hitchcock hired Truffaut's star Claude Jade (Baisers volés (1968) [Stolen Kisses], Domicile conjugal (1970), and Amour en fuite, L' (1979)) for Topaz (1969).

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.

Was an early contender to direct The Stunt Man (1980), and used elements from that film's source, the Paul Brodeur novel of the same name, in the story of Nuit américaine, La (1973).