Pierre Étaix

Pierre Étaix

1928-11-23 Roanne, Loire, France 49 Credits

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.

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From Darkness to Light

From Darkness to Light

2025

as Self

6.0
Acting

Explores Jerry Lewis' unreleased 1972 film "The Day the Clown Cried," its mysterious disappearance, and the search for footage. Includes interviews wi...

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown

2016

as Self

7.0
Acting

Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime sketches and signa...

The Clown

The Clown

2016

as Self

8.0
Acting

A documentary about Jerry Lewis' never-released movie "The Day the Clown Cried".

Winter Song

Winter Song

2015

as Marquis-Clochard

6.5
Acting

Two old friends have urban adventures connected to the skull of an executed French aristocrat.

Le Havre

Le Havre

2011

as Dr. Becker

7.0
Acting

In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a s...

Chantrapas

Chantrapas

2011

as French Producer

4.0
Acting

A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship in...

Carrière, 250 Meters

Carrière, 250 Meters

2011

as Self

10.0
Acting

A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term collab...

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

2011

as Self

5.7
Acting

A documentary on the career of famed French clown and filmmaker Pierre Étaix.

Lucifer et moi

Lucifer et moi

2009

as Self

Acting
Gardens in Autumn

Gardens in Autumn

2006

5.7
Acting

When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the privileg...

Bouvard et Pécuchet

Bouvard et Pécuchet

1990

as Maître Tardivel

4.2
Acting

Two retirees obsessed with their desire to know everything put their knowledge into practice in a constantly awkward way.

In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot

1989

Executive Producer

2.5
Producing

Two-part documentary about French director Jacques Tati chronicles the evolution of the filmmaker's alter ego, Monsieur Hulot, through archival interv...

J'écris dans l'espace

1989

Director, Screenplay

5.5
Directing Writing
The Nightmare of Méliès

The Nightmare of Méliès

1988

Director

5.0
Directing

An international homage to Méliès in 1988.

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

1987

as L'auteur

5.7
Acting

Only on the stage of an empty theater, an author and his wife clash: the scene and the life end up getting confused.

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

1987

Writer, Director

5.7
Writing Directing

Only on the stage of an empty theater, an author and his wife clash: the scene and the life end up getting confused.

Docile Night

Docile Night

1987

as SOS Amor

3.0
Acting

Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations. Sometimes she is responsive but o...

Max My Love

Max My Love

1986

as Detective

6.2
Acting

The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

L'aide-mémoire

L'aide-mémoire

1984

Acting

Doctor Lerne, Subgod

1983

as Roland

4.5
Acting

A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also with plants and even machines ...

La Métamorphose

La Métamorphose

1983

as Gustav-Adolf Braut

Acting

A young man wakes up one day transformed into a giant insect.

On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge

On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge

1982

as Le garçon d'étage

4.8
Acting

It's about a couple owning a small hotel who are trying to sell it.

Serious as Pleasure

Serious as Pleasure

1975

as Le garçon d'étage

3.6
Acting

"In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the trio...

Land of Milk and Honey

Land of Milk and Honey

1971

as Self - The Director

5.9
Acting

Pierre Etaix’s most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his career in cinema, Land of Milk and Honey is a fascinat...

Land of Milk and Honey

Land of Milk and Honey

1971

Writer, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

Pierre Etaix’s most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his career in cinema, Land of Milk and Honey is a fascinat...

The Clowns

The Clowns

1970

as Clown

6.8
Acting

Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby ...

Le Grand Amour

Le Grand Amour

1969

as Pierre

6.7
Acting

Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot. When...

Le Grand Amour

Le Grand Amour

1969

Screenplay, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot. When...

The Thief of Paris

The Thief of Paris

1967

as Pickpocket (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

In Paris around 1900, a young man raised by his wealthy uncle plots revenge after his cousin is betrothed to a rich neighbor. He steals the fiancé's f...

As Long as You've Got Your Health

As Long as You've Got Your Health

1966

as Pierre

6.2
Acting

An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cannot seem to tell the novel from reality, causing sl...

Feeling Good

Feeling Good

1966

6.2
Acting

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).

As Long as You've Got Your Health

As Long as You've Got Your Health

1966

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cannot seem to tell the novel from reality, causing sl...

Feeling Good

Feeling Good

1966

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).

Yoyo

Yoyo

1965

as Yoyo / The Millionaire

7.1
Acting

The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an eque...

Yoyo

Yoyo

1965

Screenplay, Director

7.1
Writing Directing

The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an eque...

Insomnia

Insomnia

1963

6.0
Acting

French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film inc...

Insomnia

Insomnia

1963

Writer, Director

6.0
Writing Directing

French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film inc...

The Suitor

The Suitor

1962

as Pierre

6.4
Acting

Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and the housemaid, instead falling head-over-heels fo...

The Suitor

The Suitor

1962

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and the housemaid, instead falling head-over-heels fo...

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary

1962

as Le mari

7.0
Acting

Heureux Anniversaire is a 1962 French short comedy film directed by Pierre Étaix. While his wife impatiently waits and gets drunk, a husband tries to ...

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary

1962

Co-Writer, Director

7.0
Writing Directing

Heureux Anniversaire is a 1962 French short comedy film directed by Pierre Étaix. While his wife impatiently waits and gets drunk, a husband tries to ...

A Swelled Head

A Swelled Head

1962

7.0
Acting

A man inherits an old house in a very bad condition. With the help of a young mechanic, he begins to renovate this house.

Le Pèlerinage

1962

7.0
Acting
Rupture

Rupture

1961

6.1
Acting

A man receives a breakup letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces. The pained lover decides to reply. Fountain pen, penhold...

Rupture

Rupture

1961

Co-Writer, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

A man receives a breakup letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces. The pained lover decides to reply. Fountain pen, penhold...

The Army Game

The Army Game

1960

as Le chef de gare

5.1
Acting

Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp. Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few strings to his advantage, the unfortunate Lerat mana...

Pickpocket

Pickpocket

1959

as 2nd Accomplice

7.3
Acting

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only ...

Mon Oncle

Mon Oncle

1958

as Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

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 th...

Mon Oncle

Mon Oncle

1958

Assistant Director

7.4
Directing

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 th...