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Jean-François Adam

Actor, Director, Writer

February 14, 1938 — October 14, 1980 (42 years)
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.

Known For

  • Vivre Sa Vie
    Vivre Sa Vie1962
  • Cléo from 5 to 7
    Cléo from 5 to 71962
  • Second Wind
    Second Wind1966
  • The Soft Skin
    The Soft Skin1964
  • Antoine and Colette
    Antoine and Colette1962
  • Return to the Beloved
    Return to the Beloved1979
  • The Secret
    The Secret1974
  • Graduate First
    Graduate First1978
  • The Army Game
    The Army Game1960

Filmography

1981
Au bon beurre · as L'inspecteur Sanitaire Simonin
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 (non Créditée)
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