Jean-François Adam
Actor
- Born
- February 14, 1938 · Paris, France
- Died
- October 14, 1980 (age 42)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Acting7
- 1979Return to the Beloved as Police Inspector Corbin
- 1978Graduate First as Philosophy teacher
- 1974The Secret as Claude Vandal
- 1968Stolen Kisses as Albert Tazzi (non créditée)
- 1962Antoine and Colette as Albert Tazzi
- 1962Love at Twenty as Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")
- 1960The Army Game as Un troupier
Behind the camera7
- 1979Return to the Beloved Director, Writer
- 1976