> Tati was voted the 46th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He directed only 6 feature films, fewer than any other director on this list of 50.

> Tati was much larger than most comedians who rely on physical comedy. He topped 6'3", and before launching a career as a performer he played professional rugby in England.

> An English-language version of Mon Oncle was made simultaneously, rather than simply dubbing the original. French signs were replaced with signs in English, and scenes were staged similarly but not identically. The English version ended up nine minutes shorter than the original.

> Tati claimed he created Hulot by combining the hesitant lope of an architect he knew with the character of a "simple man I had known in the army."

> Tati replaces small talk in Mon Oncle with sound effects, to imply that a great deal of human communication is unnecessary noise.