Sophie Tatischeff

Sophie Catherine Tati Scheff was a French film editor and director. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Tati Scheff was the daughter of Jacques Tati and began her career as assistant editor on her father's film Play Time (1967). She so edited Trafic (1971) and Parade (1974). After Tati's death she produced a colour version of his 1949 feature, Jour de fête, using previously unusable colour film elements shot simultaneously with the monochrome stock. In 2001, she so re-constructed his 1978 short film Forza Bastia. Tati Scheff died in Paris from lung cancer in 2001. Tati wrote a screenplay for her in 1956, which appeared as the 2010 film The Illusionist.