sentences:  Cinematographer Néstor Almendros, a collaborator on numerous François Truffaut films, had been hired with the expectation that Truffaut would direct.Truffaut seriously considered it, but was too busy with his own projects and suggested screenwriter Robert Benton direct.Hoffman has been widely reported in different media to have harassed Streep during the making of the movie, and the two had a contentious working relationship as a result.