Sophie Catherine Tatischeff (23 October 1946 - 27 October 2001) was a French film editor and director. Born in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

, Tatischeff was the daughter of

Jacques Tati Jacques Tati (; born Jacques Tatischeff, ; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, film-maker, actor and screenwriter. In an ''Entertainment Weekly'' poll of the Greatest Movie Directors, he was voted the 46th greatest of all time ...

. She began her career as assistant editor on her father's 1967 film '' Play Time''. She also edited both ''

Trafic ''Trafic'' (''Traffic'') is a 1971 Italian-French comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. ''Trafic'' was the last film to feature Tati's famous character of Monsieur Hulot, and followed the vein of earlier Tati films that lampooned modern society ...

'' (1971) and ''

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'' (1974). After Tati's death she produced a colour version of his 1949 feature ''

Jour de fête ''Jour de fête'' (''The Big Day'') is a 1949 French comedy film starring Jacques Tati in his feature film directorial debut as an inept and easily distracted mailman in a backward French village. Shot largely in and around Sainte-Sévère-sur- ...

'' using previously unusable colour film elements shot simultaneously with the monochrome stock. In 2001, she also re-constructed his 1978 short film '' Forza Bastia''. Tatischeff died in

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from lung cancer in 2001.

Filmography

* '' Un Flic'' (1972, assistant editor) * ''Degustation Maison'' (1976, director) * ''Le Comptoir'' (1997, director)

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