People
Jacques Tati
Directing · follow into films and chains
Biography
Jacques Tati (born Jacques Tatischeff; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French filmmaker, working both as a comedic actor and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time. With only six feature-length films to his credit as director, he directed fewer films than any other director on this list of 50.
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Balloon's Ascent
From a Parisian boy's red companion to the heights of adventure, a chain of films where floating things carry our dreams and fears.
8 films
The prestige is the trick you never see coming
A chain of films about magicians, mediums and con artists, tracing the moment cinema learned to lie to us and we learned to love it.
8 films
When Slapstick Becomes Endurance Art
A chain that starts with grown men stapling themselves to each other and ends somewhere near Buster Keaton, via a Belgian postman and a man who actually ate his...
8 films
Topics
Explore by topic
Related people
