Cast & creator
Pierre Étaix
Best known for Le Grand Échiquier, Numéro un, Cinépanorama
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.
63
film credits
6
television credits
43
1956–2025 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (69)
Showing 69 of 69 credits
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Numéro un
Self
1975
Cinépanorama
Self
1956Système 2
Self
1975
Le Havre
Dr. Becker
2011
Un film et son époque
Self
2003
Pickpocket
2nd Accomplice
1959
Aujourd'hui la vie
Self
1982
Mon Oncle
Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited)
1958Mon Oncle
Assistant Director
1958
The Suitor
Pierre
1962The Suitor
Director
1962The Suitor
Writer
1962
Lundi
La voyante
1980
Max My Love
Detective
1986
Yoyo
Yoyo / The Millionaire
1965Yoyo
Director
1965Yoyo
Screenplay
1965
Winter Song
Marquis-Clochard
2015
The Clowns
Clown
1970
From Darkness to Light
Self
2025
Le Grand Amour
Pierre
1969Le Grand Amour
Screenplay
1969Le Grand Amour
Director
1969
As Long as You've Got Your Health
Pierre
1966As Long as You've Got Your Health
Director
1966As Long as You've Got Your Health
Writer
1966
The Day the Clown Cried
Gustav
Rupture
1961Rupture
Director
1961Rupture
Co-Writer
1961
Serious as Pleasure
Le garçon d'étage
1975
The Army Game
Le chef de gare
1960
Happy Anniversary
Le mari
1963Happy Anniversary
Director
1963Happy Anniversary
Co-Writer
1963
The Thief of Paris
Pickpocket (uncredited)
1967
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Self
2016
Insomnia
1963Insomnia
Writer
1963Insomnia
Director
1963
Chantrapas
French Producer
2011
On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
Le garçon d'étage
1982Doctor Lerne, Subgod
Roland
1983
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Self
2011
The Nightmare of Méliès
Director
1988
L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
L'auteur
1987L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
Director
1987L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
Writer
1987
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Maître Tardivel
1990
In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot
Executive Producer
1989J'écris dans l'espace
Screenplay
1989J'écris dans l'espace
Director
1989Aujourd'hui à Paris
Writer
1972
L'aide-mémoire
1984
Carrière, 250 Meters
Self
2011
The Clown
Self
2016
Gardens in Autumn
2006
Land of Milk and Honey
Self - The Director
1971Land of Milk and Honey
Director
1971Land of Milk and Honey
Writer
1971
A Swelled Head
1962
Lucifer et moi
Self
2009
Feeling Good
1966Feeling Good
Director
1966Feeling Good
Writer
1966
La Métamorphose
Gustav-Adolf Braut
1983
Docile Night
SOS Amor
1987