Pierre Etaix

Director

About

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Birth Place

France

Born

December 23, 1928

Filmography

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J'ecris dans l'espace (1989)

L'Age de Monsieur est avance (1987)

Land of Milk and Honey (1971)

Le grand amour (1969)

As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966)

Photos & Videos

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Pickpocket (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Taught Me Generously

Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) 1925

Family & Companions

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Annie Fratellini

Wife

Actor, clown. Died on June 30, 1997 from cancer in Paris at age 64.

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

J'ecris dans l'espace (1989)

L'Age de Monsieur est avance (1987)

Land of Milk and Honey (1971)

Le grand amour (1969)

As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966)

Insomnie (1965)

The Suitor (1963)

Cast (Feature Film)

Le Havre (2011)

Chantrapas (2010)

Otar Iosseliani, Le Merle Siffleur (2007)

Henry & June (1990)

Henry'S 1st Friend

L'Age de Monsieur est avance (1987)

Max mon amour (1986)

Serieux comme le plaisir (1975)

Land of Milk and Honey (1971)

I Pagliacci (1970)

Le grand amour (1969)

The Thief of Paris (1967)

As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966)

The Millionaire/Yo Yo

The Suitor (1963)

Pierre, the suitor

Writer (Feature Film)

J'ecris dans l'espace (1989)

L'Age de Monsieur est avance (1987)

Play As Source Material (""L'Age De Monsieur Est Avance")

L'Age de Monsieur est avance (1987)

L'Age de Monsieur est avance (1987)

Land of Milk and Honey (1971)

Le grand amour (1969)

As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966)

The Suitor (1963)

Producer (Feature Film)

Land of Milk and Honey (1971)

Production Designer (Feature Film)

Mon Oncle (1958)

Production Design

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

I Pagliacci (1970)

Director (Short)

Feeling Good (2010)

Happy Anniversary (1962)

Cast (Short)

Happy Anniversary (1962)

Writer (Short)

Feeling Good (2010)

Happy Anniversary (1962)

Life Events

1949

First film as production assistant

1958

First film as gagman and assistant director "Mon Oncle"

1959

Film acting debut in "Pickpocket"

1961

Co-directed first short film "Rupture" (with Jean-Claude Carriere)

1962

Feature film directing debut

Videos

Pickpocket (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Taught Me Generously Afraid that he's being watched by the cops, Michel (Martin La Salle) discovers that his observer is really a fellow thief (Henri Kassagi, a well-known French illusionist of the time), who offers advice, illustrated in the austere style of writer-director Robert Bresson, in Pickpocket, 1959.

Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) 1925 No dialogue or conventional sound, but exaggerated sound effects, and the distinctive style of the writer, director and star Pierre Etaix, opening his acclaimed first feature, Yoyo, 1965.

Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) It's Her! From a circus hired for a house call by "Le Millionaire," (writer, director and star Pierre Etaix), the young title character (Philippe Dionet) wanders into the house, while the owner discovers the boy's mother (Claudine Auger), who looks like the girl he's dreamed of, in the early quasi-silent portion of Yoyo, 1965.

Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Tours Probably the only comedy that opens with an extended aerial shot and a wedding staged inside the historic Saint Gatiens Cathedral, at Tours, France, writer, director and star Pierre Etaix marrying his real-life wife Annie Fratellini, in Le Grand Amour, 1969.

Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) It Easily Becomes A Habit Still in his opening narrative taking place during his wedding, writer, director and star Pierre Etaix switches brides, baffles a waiter trapped in the flashback, and becomes entwined with Florence (Etaix's actual wife, Annie Fratellini), early in Le Grand Amour, 1969.

Mon Oncle (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Un Film De Jacques Tati A not inconsiderable portion of invention and tone setting just in the title sequence, from Jacques Tati's second film starring himself as "Mr. Hulot," Mon Oncle, 1958, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Mon Oncle (1958) -- (Movie Clip) He Simply Won't Obey The modern house now famous as writer, director and star Jacques Tati's "Villa Arpel" is central, as Gerard (Alain Becourt) is delivered by his uncle (Tati), while mother (Adrienne Servantie) entertains before father (Jean-Pierre Zola) gets home, in Mon Oncle, 1958.

Mon Oncle (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Now That His Uncle Is Free Writer, director, and title character Jacques Tati is home with the family, having been sacked from the job Arpel (Jean-Pierre Zola) got him, now nominated by his sister, Mrs. Arpel (Adrienne Servantie) to watch over her son, his nephew, Gerard (Alain Becourt), with famous bumbling, in Mon Oncle, 1958.

Mon Oncle (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Thank You, Mr. Hulot Having been visible but not identifiable in a couple of early shots, writer, director and star Jacques Tati here introduces himself as Mr. Hulot, the title character, and his house, which is also a character, and Betty (Betty Schneider), his landlord's niece, early in Mon Oncle, 1958.

Yoyo (1965) -- (Movie Clip) October 24, 1929 After opening segments silent with sound effects, nearly 30-minutes into the film, the first narration, as the Great Depression reduces the prospects of "Le Millionaire," the director, writer and star Pierre Etaix, in his highly-regarded first feature, Yoyo, 1965.

Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Ten Years Younger Writer, director and star Pierre Etaix as "Pierre," the bored husband having an affair with assistant Agnes (Nicole Calfan), with pal Jacques (Alain Janey) who has advice until his own wife appears in the cafe, in Le Grand Amour, 1969.

Le Grand Amour (1969) -- (Movie Clip) As A Good Christian Now establishing his ennui as a near middle-aged husband and executive, writer, director and star Pierre Etaix imagines how word gets about town in Tours, France, in Le Grand Amour, 1969.

Companions

Annie Fratellini

Wife

Actor, clown. Died on June 30, 1997 from cancer in Paris at age 64.

Bibliography

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