Jacques Tati

Name: Believed to be lost.
Director: Jacques Tati

15 films · 1947 to 1972 · 3 on TSPDT

Born 9 October 1907, Le Pecq, Yvelines, France · Died 4 November 1982

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 46th (a list of the top 50 was published), though he had directed only six feature-length films. Tati is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the character Monsieur Hulot, featured in Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Playtime (1967

Critical context from Senses of Cinema