Many of his other films are adaptations of American detective novels, including The Bride Wore Black, Shoot the Piano Player and his final film, 1983's Confidentially Yours.
He started his career as a critic for Arts magazine, defending the auteur theory. His first film, about a troubled schoolboy sent to a juvenile detention center, generated four sequels released between 1962 and 1979, all starring Jean-Pierre Léaud. Many of his other films are adaptations of American detective novels, including The Bride Wore Black, Shoot the Piano Player and his final film, 1983's Confidentially Yours. For 10 points, name this director of the French New Wave who created the semiautobiographical character of Antoine Doinel and directed the films Day for Night, The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim.
He started his career as a critic for Arts magazine, defending the auteur theory.
François {Truffaut}