Francois Truffaut's daughter, a Berkeley resident since 1978, will introduce 9 of his films at BAMPFA

"'I actually thought he taught in the film department at UC Berkeley,' she said in a recent conversation at BAMPFA, where she'll be returning regularly in the coming weeks to introduce and lead post-screening conversations for nine of her father's films. Luddy responded with an application for International House and a schedule for UC Berkeley's summer session. The first part of the plan worked fine, but she was too late to take summer classes, though I audited a few, she recalled."

"Luddy responded with an application for International House and a schedule for UC Berkeley's summer session. The first part of the plan worked fine, but she was too late to take summer classes, though I audited a few, she recalled. I got a notebook and walked down every evening to see films at the PFA. In my Paris bedroom I still have the calendars on the wall. There was a good film noir series and a Robert Ryan retrospective. The summer was a pivotal experience."

Laura Truffaut's path from Paris to Berkeley began in 1978 when she reached out to Tom Luddy at the Pacific Film Archive seeking a California experience. She audited classes, attended evening films, and found the summer pivotal. She met future husband Stephen Wong at the PFA and enrolled at UC Berkeley, later earning a Ph.D. in comparative literature. She and Wong raised three daughters in Berkeley, two of whom pursued journalism and festival programming. She will return to BAMPFA to introduce and lead post-screening conversations for nine films by Francois Truffaut.

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