Henri Marquet

Henri Marquet (born June 19, 1908 in Paris , † unknown) was a French assistant director and screenwriter who was best known for his collaboration on the great successes of Jacques Tati and was once nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay .

Life

Marquet began working with Jacques Tati in 1947 as assistant director on the short film School of the Mailmen (L'École des facteurs). In 1949 he wrote the screenplay for Tati's breakthrough Tati shooting festival (Jour de fête), directed by Tati and starring alongside Guy Decomble and Paul Frankeur .

He had his greatest success with the screenplay for The Holidays of Monsieur Hulot (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot, 1953), again by and with Tati as well as Nathalie Pascaud and Michele Rolla in other roles. For this he and Tati were nominated for the Oscar for the best original screenplay at the 1956 Academy Awards.

In his last two collaborations with Tati, Marquet was again assistant director: on the one hand for Mein Unkel (Mon oncle, 1958), in which Adrienne Servantie and Jean-Pierre Zola , among others, participated alongside Tati, and on the other for Tati's wonderful times (Playtime, 1967) by and with Jacques Tati and Barbara Dennek and Rita Maiden in other roles.

personal data
SURNAME	Marquet, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French screenwriter and assistant director
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	20th century or 21st century