Jean-François Adam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1938
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- October 14, 1980
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.
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Movies with Jean-François Adam
- Stolen Kisses 1968 · ★ 7.3
- Antoine and Colette 1962 · ★ 7.2
- Love at Twenty 1962 · ★ 6.7
- The Secret 1974 · ★ 6.6
- Graduate First 1978 · ★ 6.2
- Return to the Beloved 1979 · ★ 6.3
- The Army Game 1960 · ★ 5.4
Movies directed by Jean-François Adam
- Return to the Beloved 1979 · ★ 6.3
- 'M' as in Mathieu 1973 · ★ 4.3
- The Game of Solitaire 1976 · ★ 10.0