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Post by Aaron Thompson on Oct 31, 2013 17:08:50 GMT -5
Francois Truffaut Francois Truffaut was a great movie director and is regarded as the best French director of all time. He directed and acted in famous films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Wild Child. He was a great director who was part of many works of art, which still live on today. Biography Here is a biography of Truffaut. It is a good overview of his life as a filmmaker. It also has a list of his movies and awards in some of the links. It is a full biography, beginning with his childhood of being sent to various relatives to live.
Truffaut as an actor
This is a trailer from one of his famous acting movies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He plays a French scientist, who is in charge of a secret government organization that tries to communicate to aliens. The movie is directed by Stephen Speilberg and is widely known in the United States.
Truffaut's last interview
Here is another video of Truffaut, this one is an interview. In the interview, he praises Alfred Hitchcock over his book. It also happens to be the last time he appeared on television before he died from a brain tumor. He was 5 movies short of his personal goal of directing 30 movies.
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Larissa Swisk 4th hr
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Post by Larissa Swisk 4th hr on Nov 4, 2013 19:37:21 GMT -5
Good job Aaron! I really love watching movies, so once I saw that your project was on a movie director, I got excited.I really liked watching the movie trailer and the interview!
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Sydney Kippen- 4th Hr.
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Post by Sydney Kippen- 4th Hr. on Nov 4, 2013 21:03:51 GMT -5
Awesome project! I think that he is an awesome director and I loved learning about him. I love his whole concept of wanting to make movies that he would want to see himself. So cool!
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