Pierre Daninos was a French writer and humorist.

Daninos wrote Les carnets du Major Thompson, which was published in 1954, and was followed by many sequels. The books in the series pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France, and were witty collections of comparisons between French and British society. Daninos is also the author of Un Certain Monsieur Blot, a critique of French middle class taste and habits.

Les carnets du Major Thompson was filmed by Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges , originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois...

 in 1955. The film was released in the U.S. under the title The French, They Are a Funny Race

The French, They Are a Funny Race

The French, They Are a Funny Race, known in France as Les Carnets du Major Thompson and in the U.K. as The Diary of Major Thompson, is a 1955 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, based on the novel by Pierre Daninos...

Pierre Daninos was the brother of the industrialist Jean Daninos

Jean Daninos

Jean Daninos was a Greek- French constructor of luxury cars Facel Vega.The brother of the Pierre Daninos, Jean Daninos had founded the company FACEL in 1939 with hopes of one day designing and manufacturing his own...

, who produced the Facel Vega

Facel Vega

Facel was a French manufacturer of automobiles from 1954 to 1964.The company was named after the original metal stamping company FACEL, and the company's first model, the Vega, named after the star, was introduced at the 1954 Paris Auto Show...

luxury cars.