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.

Filmography

• 2015Winter Song — Marquis-Clochard
• 2011Chantrapas — French Producer
• 2011Le Havre — Dr. Becker
• 2006Gardens in Autumn
• 1990Bouvard et Pécuchet — Maître Tardivel
• 1989In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot — Executive Producer
• 1989J'écris dans l'espace — Director, Screenplay
• 1988The Nightmare of Méliès — Director
• 1987Docile Night — SOS Amor
• 1987L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé — L'auteur, Writer, Director
• 1986Max My Love — Detective
• 1984L'aide-mémoire
• 1983Doctor Lerne, Subgod — Roland
• 1983La Métamorphose — Gustav-Adolf Braut
• 1982On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge — Le garçon d'étage
• 1980Lundi — La voyante
• 1975Serious as Pleasure — Le garçon d'étage
• 1972Aujourd'hui à Paris — Writer
• 1971Land of Milk and Honey — Self - The Director, Writer
• 1970The Clowns — Clown
• 1969Le Grand Amour — Pierre, Screenplay, Director
• 1967The Thief of Paris — Pickpocket (uncredited)
• 1966As Long as You've Got Your Health — Pierre, Director, Writer
• 1966Feeling Good — Director, Writer
• 1965Yoyo — Yoyo / The Millionaire, Screenplay, Director
• 1963Happy Anniversary — Le mari, Co-Writer, Director
• 1963Insomnia — Writer, Director
• 1962A Swelled Head
• 1962Le Pèlerinage
• 1962The Suitor — Pierre, Director, Writer
• 1961Rupture — Co-Writer, Director
• 1960The Army Game — Le chef de gare
• 1959Pickpocket — 2nd Accomplice
• 1958Mon Oncle — Delivery man / Telegraph operator (uncredited), Assistant Director
• The Day the Clown Cried — Gustav

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2025From Darkness to Light — Self
• 2016Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown — Self
• 2016The Clown — Self
• 2011Carrière, 250 Meters — Self
• 2011Pierre Étaix, un destin animé — Self
• 2009Lucifer et moi — Self
• Un film et son époque — Self
• Aujourd'hui la vie — Self
• Numéro un — Self
• Système 2 — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self