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.

Most Known For

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Stolen Kisses

as Albert Tazzi (uncredited)

Antoine and Colette

as Albert Tazzi

Love at Twenty

as Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")

The Secret

as Claude Vandal

Graduate First

as Philosophy teacher

Return to the Beloved

as Police Inspector Corbin

The Army Game

as Un troupier