Jacques Tati Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Jacques Tati (born Jacques Tatischeff; born 9 October 1907 at Pecq, Yvelines, Paris, France near the square that now bears his name– died 5 November 1982) was a French filmmaker, working as a comedic actor, writer 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. Jacques Tati was born French with Russian, Dutch and Italian ancestry. His father, George Emmanuel Tatischeff,... MORE

Jacques Tati (born Jacques Tatischeff; born 9 October 1907 at Pecq, Yvelines, Paris, France near the square that now bears his name– died 5 November 1982) was a French filmmaker, working as a comedic actor, writer 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. Jacques Tati was born French with Russian, Dutch and Italian ancestry. His father, George Emmanuel Tatischeff, born in 1875 in Paris (d. 1957), was the son of Count Dmitriy Tatischeff (Дмитрий Татищев), General of the Imperial Russian Army and military attaché at the Russian Embassy in Paris. The Tatischeffs (also spelled Tatishchev) were a Russian noble family of male-line Rurikid descent. Whilst stationed in Paris Count Dmitri Tatischeff married a French woman, Rose Anahalie Alinquant. Under suspicious circumstances Count Dmitri Tatischeff died from injuries sustained in a horse riding accident shortly after the birth of George Emmanuel. As a child George Emmanuel experienced turbulent times, such as being LESS