Known for

Acting

Born

Feb 14, 1938

Died

Oct 14, 1980 (aged 42)

Place of birth

Paris, France

Jean-François Adam

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. Source: Article "Jean-François Adam" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Titles

Vivre Sa Vie

Movie • 1962

Cléo from 5 to 7

Movie • 1962

Stolen Kisses

Movie • 1968

Antoine and Colette

Movie • 1962

The Soft Skin

Movie • 1964

Le Deuxième Souffle

Movie • 1966

Graduate First

Movie • 1978

Love at Twenty

Movie • 1962

The Army Game

Movie • 1960

The Secret

Movie • 1974

Return to the Beloved

Movie • 1979