Jean-François Adam

Jean-François Adam

Acting
February 14, 1938October 14, 1980 (age 42)
Paris, France

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.

Movies

(7 total)
Stolen Kisses

Stolen Kisses

19687.3

as Albert Tazzi (uncredited)

Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty

19626.7

as Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")

The Secret

The Secret

19746.4

as Claude Vandal

Graduate First

Graduate First

19786.1

as Philosophy teacher

Return to the Beloved

Return to the Beloved

19796.0

as Police Inspector Corbin

The Army Game

The Army Game

19605.1

as Un troupier

TV Shows

(1 total)