He is known as an educator of the deaf, and tried his educational theories in the celebrated case of Victor of Aveyron, dramatized in the 1970 motion picture The Wild Child directed by François Truffaut, who also played Itard.
He is known as an educator of the deaf and his educational theories were applied to the case of Victor of Aveyron, a subject depicted in the movie "The Wild Child" directed by François Truffaut, who also portrayed Itard.