Occupation Actor and director Children Marie Adam | Role Actor Name Jean-Francois Adam | |
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Died October 14, 1980, Paris, France Movies Return to the Beloved, Antoine and Colette, Love at Twenty, The Secret, The Game of Solitaire Similar People Marie Adam, Brigitte Fossey, Marie‑Christine Adam, Jean Rabier, Francois Truffaut | ||
Production designed Cleo from 5 to 7 | ||
Jean-François Adam (14 February 1938 – 14 October 1980) was a French actor and director, mostly famous for his mysterious death.
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Career
Adam was an assistant to French filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville.
He is known for having played the small rôle of the Colette's lover in the Antoine Doinel saga, and for playing the philosophy teacher in the French drama film Graduate First (1978), directed by Maurice Pialat.
Adam directed the French drama film Return to the Beloved (1979), which stars Isabelle Huppert.
He was also a part-time clown.
Personal life
Adam was married to Brigitte Fossey, and had a daughter, the actress Marie Adam.
Filmography
Actor
1981
Au bon beurre (TV Series) as
L'inspecteur sanitaire Simonin
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - L'inspecteur sanitaire Simonin
1979
Retour à la bien-aimée as
L'inspecteur de police Corbin
1978
Graduate First as
Le prof de philo
1974
The Secret as
Claude Vandal
1968
Stolen Kisses as
Albert Tazzi (uncredited)
1967
La plaie et le couteau, Charles Baudelaire (TV Movie)
1962
Antoine and Colette (Short) as
Albert Tazzi
1962
Love at Twenty as
Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")
1960
The Army Game as
Un troupier
1959
Au biseau des baisers (Short)(voice)
Assistant Director
1969
Army of Shadows (assistant director - as J.F. Adam)
1966
Second Wind (assistant director)
1964
The Soft Skin (assistant director - uncredited)
1963
La belle vie (assistant director)
1963
Au coeur de la vie (second assistant director)
Writer
1979
Retour à la bien-aimée (written by)
1976
Le jeu du solitaire (dialogue) / (screenplay)
1971
M comme Mathieu (writer)
Director
1979
Retour à la bien-aimée
1976
Le jeu du solitaire
1971
M comme Mathieu
Production Manager
1962
Vivre sa vie (unit manager - as Jean F. Adam)
1962
The Third Lover (unit manager)
1962
Cléo from 5 to 7 (unit production manager)
Thanks
1981
Au bon beurre (TV Series) (in memory of)
1981
The Games of Countess Dolingen (thanks)
Self
1979
Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 May 1979 (1979) - Self
1976
Pour le cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 June 1976 (1976) - Self
Archive Footage
2024
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Antoine et Colette de François Truffaut (2024)
References
Jean-François Adam Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA