FILM DIRECTOR

Jacques Tati

1907 - 1982

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Jacques Tati (French: [tati]; born Jacques Tatischeff, pronounced [tatiʃɛf]; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, filmmaker, actor and screenwriter. In an Entertainment Weekly poll of the Greatest Movie Directors, he was voted the 46th greatest of all time (out of 50), although he directed only six feature-length films. Tati is perhaps best known for his character Monsieur Hulot, featured in Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Playtime (1967) and Trafic (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Tati has received more than 1,346,046 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Jacques Tati is the 62nd most popular film director (down from 49th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from France (down from 439th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Film Director.

Jacques Tati is most famous for his comedic film "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Tati ranks 62 out of 2,041. Before him are Paul Verhoeven, Brian De Palma, Aki Kaurismäki, Werner Herzog, Abbas Kiarostami, and Stephen Hillenburg. After him are Claude Chabrol, Sergei Parajanov, Robert Zemeckis, Éric Rohmer, David Cronenberg, and Chuck Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Jacques Tati ranks 18. Before him are Hergé, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Baldur von Schirach, Rachel Carson, Frank Whittle, and Junji Nishikawa. After him are Lin Biao, Hideki Yukawa, Robert A. Heinlein, Lars Ahlfors, Yang Shangkun, and Bhagat Singh. Among people deceased in 1982, Jacques Tati ranks 21. Before him are Vasily Chuikov, Erving Goffman, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Louis Aragon, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and Gala Dalí. After him are Barack Obama Sr., Karl von Frisch, Glenn Gould, Georges Perec, Hugh Everett III, and John Belushi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Tati ranks 540 out of 6,770. Before him are Théodore Rousseau (1812), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Boris Vian (1920), Jacques Hébert (1757), Héloïse (1101), and Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172). After him are Jacques Monod (1910), Marius Petipa (1818), Theuderic I (485), Claude Chabrol (1930), Lothair of France (941), and Étienne de La Boétie (1530).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Tati ranks 7. Before him are Roman Polanski (1933), François Truffaut (1932), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Georges Méliès (1861), Roger Vadim (1928), and Luc Besson (1959). After him are Claude Chabrol (1930), Éric Rohmer (1920), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Alain Resnais (1922), William Wyler (1902), and Robert Bresson (1901).

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Filmography

PlayTime
Director
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.
Dec 13th 19677.7 / 10
Mon Oncle
Director
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
May 10th 19587.4 / 10
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Director
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
Feb 25th 19536.9 / 10