Pierre Naftule

Pierre Philippe Naftule (5 December 1960 – 19 March 2022) was a Swiss writer, producer and theatre director.

Biography Naftule's grave at the Cimetière des Rois in Geneva. The tombstone bears the inscription: « IL NOUS AURA BIEN FAIT RIRE, MAIS PAS CETTE FOIS. » ("HE WOULD HAVE MADE US LAUGH, BUT NOT THIS TIME.") Naftule was descended from Romanian ancestry. He became well known to French-speaking audiences during his time on the game show , broadcast on . When he returned to Switzerland, he staged three shows alongside his friend Pascal Bernheim: Le Père Noël est une ordure, Topaze, and Les dix petits nègres. After creating his own stage production studio, he took over as director of until 1995. Alongside and Bernheim, he led Revue genevoise two more times.

In 1995, Naftule founded the show production company Yaka Production SA alongside Alain Monnet and Gérard Mermet. He created the character Marie-Thérèse Poget née Bertholet for Revue genevoise with , which became . The character's first show, La truie est en moi was produced in 1996. He also collaborated with and worked alongside . He was the agent of . In 2018, he co-founded the Nouvelle revue de Lausanne.

During the 2010s, Naftule suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He died in Geneva on 19 March 2022 at the age of 61.