Jean-François Adam
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-02-14
Day of Death
1980-10-14 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Jean-François Adam
Biography
Jean-François Adam (1935/1936 – 14 October 1980) was a French actor and director.
Adam was an assistant to French filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville.
He is known for having played the small role of 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.
Adam was married to Brigitte Fossey, and had a daughter, the actress Marie Adam. At the age of 44 Adam shot himself.
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Acting
(1979)
Return to the Beloved
as Police Inspector Corbin
(1978)
Graduate First
as Philosophy teacher
(1974)
The Secret
as Claude Vandal
(1968)
Stolen Kisses
as Albert Tazzi (uncredited)
(1962)
Antoine and Colette
as Albert Tazzi
(1962)
Love at Twenty
as Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")
(1960)
The Army Game
as Un troupier
Crew
(1979)
Return to the Beloved
Director, Writer
(1976)
The Game of Solitaire
Director
(1973)
'M' as in Mathieu
Director
(1966)
Le Deuxième Souffle
Assistant Director
(1964)
The Soft Skin
Assistant Director
(1962)
Vivre Sa Vie
Unit Manager
(1962)
Cléo from 5 to 7
Unit Production Manager