French film director and one of the founders of the French New Wave movement: François Truffaut on set of his picture, Soft Skin, in 1964. Photograph: Phaidon Press
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• Richard Ayoade will introduce Francois Truffaut's Day for Night at a Guardian Live event on 9 November. Find out more about Guardian Live and how to become a member