Jean-François Adam

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1938-02-14

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

Known For

Actor

1979
Return to the Beloved

as Police Inspector Corbin

1978
Graduate First

as The 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

Director

1979
1976
1973
'M' as in Mathieu

as Director

1966
Le Deuxième Souffle

as Assistant Director

1964
The Soft Skin

as Assistant Director

Producer

1962
Vivre Sa Vie

as Unit Manager

1962
Cléo from 5 to 7

as Unit Production Manager

Writer

1979