Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

School), she worked as a second assistant director
for TV (1998 Nightworld: 30 Years to Life / 30 Years to
Life, Michael Tuchner, Canada / USA / Luxembourg;
1999 La Fille de mes Rêves, Laurent Barjon) and
screenwriter for TV (2002 Âge sensible, TV series;
2005 Famille d’Accueil, episode “La Grande Fille,” Alain
Wermus; 2006 Famille d’Accueil, episode “Un Long
Silence,” Daniel Janneau).
Filmography
2003 Les Baisers des Autres (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2004 L’Aîné de mes Soucis (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2007 La Tête de Maman (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
2003 Bande originale (24 1' documentary)
TARRIDE, JEAN (March 15, 1901, Paris, France–June
5, 1980, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France)
The son of actor Abel Tarride (1865–1951) and actress
Marthe Régnier (1880–1967), he played in a few
fi lms (1920 La Belle Dame sans Merci, Germaine Dulac;
1938 Hercule, Alexandre Esway; 1939 La Famille Duraton,
Christian Stengel; 1943 Après l’Orage, Pierre-Jean
Ducis, shot in 1941). After being an assistant director
to Jean de Size (1928 Une Java) and chief editor of a
magazine program (Les Lumières de la Ville), he directed
his fi rst fi lm in 1930. His brothers, Jacques (1903–
1994) and Sacha Tarride (b. 1918), were also actors.
Filmography
1930 L’Homme qui assassina
1931 Radio-Folies (short)
Seul (short)
On opère sans Douleur (short)
Prisonnier de mon Cœur
1932 Le Chien jaune
1933 Etienne
1934 Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon
Adémaï Aviateur / UK: Skylark
1935 Tovaritch (co-director with Jacques Deval, Victor
Trivas)
1937 Records 37 (short)
1944 Le Mort ne reçoit plus
TATI, JACQUES (Jacques Tatischeff / October 9,
1907, Le Pecq, Yvelines, France–November 4, 1982,
Paris, France)
TATISCHEFF, SOPHIE • 949
His Russian grandfather settled in Paris as the czar’s
ambassador, and his other grandfather was Vincent
Van Gogh’s framer. After completing his secondary
studies, he worked with his father (a framer as well)
while preparing for the entrance into L’Ecole des Arts
et Métiers. He spent some time in England, where he
was introduced to boxing, soccer, rugby, and tennis.
In 1931, he made his cabaret debut as a mime. Using
his music hall repertory, he entered fi lms as an
actor and screenwriter in comic shorts (1932 Oscar,
Champion de Tennis, short, Jack Forrester; 1934 On
demande une Brute, short, also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
Charles Barrois; 1935 Gai Dimanche, short,
also co-screenwriter, Jacques Berr; 1937 Soigne ton
Gauche, short, also screenwriter, René Clément). Seen
in a handful of movies (1946 Sylvie et le Fantôme / UK:
Sylvia and the Ghost / USA: Sylvia and the Phantom,
Claude Autant-Lara; 1947 Le Diable au Corps / USA:
Devil in the Flesh, uncredited, Claude Autant-Lara;
1967 Cours du Soir, short, Nicolas Ribowski; 1972
Obraz uz obraz, episode directed by Zdravko Sotra,
Yugoslavia), he wrote, directed, and performed only
six feature fi lms.
Filmography
1938 Retour à la Terre (short; also screenwriter)
1947 L’Ecole des Facteurs / UK and USA: School for
Postmen (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1949 Jour de Fête / UK and USA: Holiday / The Big
Day (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot
in 1947)
1953 Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot / UK: Monsieur
Hulot’s Holiday / USA: Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer;
shot in 1952–1953)
1958 Mon Oncle / Mio zio / UK and USA: My Uncle
(also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, coproducer;
France / Italy; shot in 1956–1957)
1967 Playtime (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist;
France / Italy; shot in 1964–1965)
1971 Trafi c / Monsieur Hulot nel caos del traffi co / UK
and USA: Traffi c (also screenwriter; France /
Italy)
1974 Parade (originally shot for TV; France / Sweden)
1978 Forza Bastia ou 78 L’Île en Fête (documentary;
co-director with Sophie Tatischeff)
TATISCHEFF, SOPHIE (October 23, 1946, Neuillysur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–October 27, 2001,
Paris, France)