Known For
Acting
Known Credits
8
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 14, 1938 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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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| 1979 | Return to the Belovedas Police Inspector Corbin | |
| 1978 | Graduate Firstas Philosophy teacher | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheas Self | |
| 1974 | The Secretas Claude Vandal | |
| 1968 | Stolen Kissesas Albert Tazzi (non créditée) | |
| 1962 | Love at Twentyas Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette") | |
| 1962 | Antoine and Coletteas Albert Tazzi | |
| 1960 | The Army Gameas Un troupier |
| 1979 | Return to the Beloved...Director | |
| 1979 | Return to the Beloved...Writer | |
| 1976 | The Game of Solitaire...Director | |
| 1973 | 'M' as in Mathieu...Director | |
| 1966 | Le Deuxième Souffle...Assistant Director | |
| 1964 | The Soft Skin...Assistant Director | |
| 1962 | Vivre Sa Vie...Unit Manager | |
| 1962 | Cléo from 5 to 7...Unit Production Manager |
