Pierre Étaix was a French clown, 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. Due to a legal dispute with a distribution company, his films were unavailable from the 1970s until 2009.
- Occupation
- actor, film director, circus performer, screenwriter
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- November 23, 1928
- Died
- October 14, 2016
- Website
- http://www.lesfilmsdetaix.fr/
