Pierre Étaix

ActorProducerDirectorWriterDirecting Nov 23 (died age 87) Roanne, Loire, France 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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Biography

Pierre Étaix was a French comedian and filmmaker. Étaix made a series of short- and feature-length films, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. He won an Academy Award for best live-action short film in 1963.

Known For

Film

Mon Oncle

Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)

Film

Pickpocket

2nd Accomplice

Film

Le Havre

Dr. Becker

Film

The Clowns

Clown

Film

The Thief of Paris

Pickpocket (uncredited)

Film

Yoyo

Yoyo / The Millionaire

Film

Happy Anniversary

Le mari

Film

Le Grand Amour

Pierre

Filmography

Acting (40)

Movies (35)

From Darkness to Light

as Self

The Clown

as Self

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

as Self

Winter Song

as Marquis-Clochard

Chantrapas

as French Producer

Le Havre

as Dr. Becker

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

as Self

Carrière, 250 Meters

as Self

Lucifer et moi

as Self

Gardens in Autumn

Bouvard et Pécuchet

as Maître Tardivel

Docile Night

as SOS Amor

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

as L'auteur

Max My Love

as Detective

L'aide-mémoire

La Métamorphose

as Gustav-Adolf Braut

Doctor Lerne, Subgod

1983

as Roland

3.3

On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge

as Le garçon d'étage

Serious as Pleasure

as Le garçon d'étage

Land of Milk and Honey

1971

as Self - The Director

The Clowns

as Clown

Le Grand Amour

as Pierre

The Thief of Paris

as Pickpocket (uncredited)

6.7

Feeling Good

1966

6.2

As Long as You've Got Your Health

1966

as Pierre

6.1

Yoyo

1965

as Yoyo / The Millionaire

Happy Anniversary

as Le mari

Insomnia

The Suitor

as Pierre

A Swelled Head

Le Pèlerinage

Rupture

The Army Game

as Le chef de gare

Pickpocket

as 2nd Accomplice

Mon Oncle

as Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)

7.4

Television (5)

Un film et son époque

as Self

Numéro un

as Self

Système 2

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

Crew (25)

Movies (25)

In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

1989

Executive Producer

2.5

J'écris dans l'espace

1989

Director

5.5

J'écris dans l'espace

1989

Screenplay

5.5

The Nightmare of Méliès

1988

Director

5.0

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

1987

Director

5.7

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

1987

Writer

5.7

Land of Milk and Honey

1971

Director

5.9

Land of Milk and Honey

Writer

Le Grand Amour

Director

Le Grand Amour

Screenplay

Feeling Good

Director

Feeling Good

Writer

As Long as You've Got Your Health

1966

Director

6.1

As Long as You've Got Your Health

Writer

Yoyo

Director

Yoyo

Screenplay

Happy Anniversary

Co-Writer

Happy Anniversary

Director

Insomnia

Director

Insomnia

Writer

The Suitor

Director

The Suitor

Writer

Rupture

Co-Writer

Rupture

Director

Mon Oncle

Assistant Director