---
name: "Jacques Cottin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacques-cottin"
fi1m_id: "jacques-cottin"
imdb_id: "nm0183015"
tmdb_id: 32321
wikidata_id: "Q3158585"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "2 November 1922"
died: "9 July 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:34:01.031062+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jacques Cottin

## Identity

Jacques Cottin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacques-cottin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jacques-cottin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0183015
- **TMDB ID:** 32321
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3158585
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cottin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3158585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32321

Costume designer. Born 2 November 1922 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Died 9 July 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 2 November 1922, Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Died:** 9 July 2002
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 crew, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cottin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3158585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32321

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Mon Oncle*](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jacques Cottin (2 November 1922 – 9 July 2002) was a French costume designer. He began working in film in 1947 and collaborated several times with Jacques Tati.

His credits include costume design on *Jour de fête* (1949), *Mon Oncle* (1958), *PlayTime* (1967), *The Gendarme Gets Married* (1968) and *The Things of Life* (1970). He also worked on television series such as *Graine d'ortie* (1973) and *Les faucheurs de marguerites* (1974). His final film credit was in 1991.

Cottin appeared in small uncredited roles as an actor, including as Monsieur Hulot in François Truffaut's *Bed and Board* (1970).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Mon Oncle* (1958), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 86, as Holidaymaker on Beach (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Snow and Fire* (1991), Costume Design
- *The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space* (1979), Costume Design
- *The Centipede Is Tap Dancing* (1977), Costume Design
- *the famous escapes* (1972), series, Costumer
- *The Widow Couderc* (1971), Costume Design
- *Max and the Junkmen* (1971), as 'Napo' (uncredited) · Costume Design
- *The Gendarme Takes Off* (1970), Costume Design
- *Bed and Board* (1970), as Monsieur Hulot (uncredited)
- *The Things of Life* (1970), Costume Designer
- *Potatoes* (1969), as SNCF driver (uncredited) · Costume Design
- *The Gendarme Gets Married* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Tattoo* (1968), Wardrobe Assistant
- *PlayTime* (1967), Costume Design
- *Enough Rope* (1963), Costume Design
- *Mon Oncle* (1958), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)
- *The Adventures of Arsène Lupin* (1957), Costume Design, Costumer
- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), as Holidaymaker on Beach (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)
- *The Red Inn* (1951), Costume Design
- *Jour de Fête* (1949), as Brass Band Member in 'Bondu' Café (uncredited) · Costume Design
- *School for Postmen* (1946), Costume Design

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