Truffaut A Biography [Paperback]

Here is the definitive story of one of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time, an intensely private individual who cultivated the public image of a man consumed by his craft. But as this absorbing biography shows, Truffaut's personal storyfrom which he drew extensively to create the characters and plots of his filmsis itself an extraordinary human drama.

Antoine do Baecque is Editor-in-Chief ofCahiers du Cin?ma.He is at work on a book about French New Wave cinema.Serge Toubianahas headedCahiers du Cin?masince 1981. In 1993, he codirected a documentary titledFran?ois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits.