Pierre Étaix
Date of birth: 1928-11-23
Place of birth: Roanne, Loire, France
Known for: Directing
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Pickpocket
1959-12-16
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after hi
The Clowns
1970-12-27
Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a ch
Max My Love
1986-10-22
The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.
The Suitor
1962-11-12
Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and
Chantrapas
2011-04-21
A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired
Le Havre
2011-09-08
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Ma
Yoyo
1965-02-19
The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in
As Long as You've Got Your Health
1966-02-25
An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cann
Carrière, 250 Meters
2011-01-01
A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre
Land of Milk and Honey
1971-02-09
Pierre Etaix’s most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his care
Le Grand Amour
1969-03-21
Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss,
La Métamorphose
1983-06-05
A young man wakes up one day transformed into a giant insect.
A Swelled Head
1962-02-09
A man inherits an old house in a very bad condition. With the help of a young mechanic, he begins to
Happy Anniversary
1963-06-20
Heureux Anniversaire is a 1962 French short comedy film directed by Pierre Étaix. While his wife imp
Rupture
1961-01-01
A man receives a breakup letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces. The pa
Docile Night
1987-11-25
Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her wi
Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990-09-17
Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a co
L'âge de Monsieur est avancé
1987-12-30
Only on the stage of an empty theater, an author and his wife clash: the scene and the life end up g
Gardens in Autumn
2006-09-06
When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistr
Mon Oncle
1958-05-10
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and can
Feeling Good
1966-02-25
Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (19
Winter Song
2015-11-25
Two old friends have urban adventures connected to the skull of an executed French aristocrat.
Lucifer et moi
2009-02-04
The Clown
2016-02-03
A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011-01-01
A documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
1983-12-28
A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also
Insomnia
1963-01-01
French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself t
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016-09-02
Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing
On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
1982-09-08
It's about a couple owning a small hotel who are trying to sell it.
The Army Game
1960-11-25
Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few st
Serious as Pleasure
1975-01-15
Two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy
Le Pèlerinage
1962-01-01
The Thief of Paris
1967-02-22
In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is betr
From Darkness to Light
2025-04-20
Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance,
L'aide-mémoire
1984-01-01