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Publicity Listings:
5 Print Biographies
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1 Portrayal
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3 Interviews
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13 Articles
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
Mr. Hulot | J. Tati | Zak Tati | Tati
Height:
6' 3" (1.91 m)
Spouse:
Micheline Winter
(his death)
(2 children)
Children:
Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel
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Parents:
Marcelle Claire van Hoof
| Georges-Emmanuel Tatischeff
Relatives:
Rose Anathalie Alinquant
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Personal Quote:
[on Playtime] The images are designed so that after you see the picture two or three times, it's no longer my film, it starts to be your film. You recognize the people, you know them, and you don't even know who directed the picture. It's not a film you sign like Fellini's Roma. Playtime is nobody. I don't say that it's easy to do. The dimension of the camera is the dimension of what your eyes ...
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Trivia:
Was a co-presenter with
Barbara Rush of the Scientific and Technical Awards at the 1958 Oscars.
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Trademark:
Often leaves hints about the theme of his next feature film. For example, the ending of
Mon Oncle (1958) paves the way for the technology-minded
Playtime (1967), and the balletic representation of cars in
Playtime (1967) leads to
Trafic (1971). By those standards, the film that would have followed
Trafic (1971) would be about space travel or subways.
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