François Truffaut

He took his first steps in cinema as a ‘Cahiers du Cinéma’ critic under the tutelage of Andre Bazin. His debut feature, The 400 Blows, won the first Golden Spike at Seminci in 1960. The Valladolid Festival has cherished his cinematic output, awarded a Golden Labarum in 1970 for The Wild Child and another Golden Spike in 1972 for Two English Girls, another gem in a film career full of unforgettable titles such as Jules and Jim (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Day for Night (1973) and Small Change (1976). He received three Oscar nominations, a Bafta and awards at the Cannes and Berlin film festivals, while as an actor he is best remembered for his role in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977).

Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid