Jean-François Adam

Acting

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.

Filmography 10

Movies (9)

Return to the Beloved
1979
Police Inspector Corbin
Graduate First
1978
Philosophy teacher
The Game of Solitaire
1976
Directing
The Secret
1974
Claude Vandal
'M' as in Mathieu
1973
Directing
Stolen Kisses
1968
Albert Tazzi (non créditée)
Antoine and Colette
1962
Albert Tazzi
Love at Twenty
1962
Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")
The Army Game
1960
Un troupier

Shows (1)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Self