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 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 character Monsieur Hulot, featured in Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Playtime (1967) and Trafic (1971). Playtime ranked 23rd in the 2022 Sight and Sound critics' poll of the greatest films ever made. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Tati is the 103rd most popular film director (down from 62nd in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from France (down from 540th in 2019) and the 15th 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 103 out of 2,041. Before him are Carlos Saura, Richard Attenborough, David Lean, René Clair, Andrzej Żuławski, and Jacques Audiard. After him are Sidney Lumet, Bong Joon-ho, John Huston, Zhang Yimou, Edwin S. Porter, and George Cukor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Jacques Tati ranks 37. Before him are Fred Zinnemann, Horst Wessel, John Bowlby, U Nu, Giovanna of Italy, and Daphne du Maurier. After him are Maurice Blanchot, Erich Mielke, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Dora Maar, Hans Selye, and Lucien Laurent. Among people deceased in 1982, Jacques Tati ranks 33. Before him are Hugo Theorell, Gala Dalí, Georges Perec, Hugh Everett III, Mikhail Suslov, and Władysław Gomułka. After him are C. R. Swart, Curd Jürgens, Walter Hallstein, Cevdet Sunay, Hans Selye, and Ivan Bagramyan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Tati ranks 809 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Audiard (1952), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Jean Meslier (1664), Catherine Labouré (1806), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), and Pierre André Latreille (1762). After him are Juliette Binoche (1964), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Maurice Blanchot (1907), François Ravaillac (1578), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), and Guy Debord (1931).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Tati ranks 15. Before him are Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), Alain Resnais (1922), Robert Bresson (1901), René Clair (1898), and Jacques Audiard (1952). After him are Claude Lelouch (1937), René Clément (1913), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), and Marcel Carné (1906).

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