Pierre Granier-Deferre
French film director and screenwriter (1927-2007)
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Pierre Granier-Deferre (2 July 1927 – 16 November 2007) was a French film director and screenwriter.
(m. 1954; div. 19??)
Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 July 1927 Paris, France |
| Died | 16 November 2007 (aged 80) |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Annie Fratellini (m. 1954; div. 19??) |
| Children | 6, including Denys Granier-Deferre |
His 1971 film Le Chat (The Cat) won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.[1] His 1964 film The Adventures of Salavin won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the 12th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Family
Granier-Deferre married Annie Fratellini, who starred in his film La Métamorphose des cloportes. They had one daughter.[citation needed]
He had two children with his second wife, Susan Hampshire, an English actress: a son, Christopher Granier-Deferre, a producer and director, and a daughter who died shortly after birth. Granier-Deferre is also the father of Denys Granier-Deferre, a director/actor, whose mother is Denise Leve.[citation needed]
He is also the father to three other daughters. [citation needed]
Filmography
[D] = Director; [W] = Writer
- 1962: Le Petit garçon de l'ascenseur [D], [W]
- 1964: The Adventures of Salavin
- 1965: La Métamorphose des cloportes [D], [W], with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour
- 1965: Paris in August [D], [W], with Charles Aznavour
- 1967: Le Grand Dadais [D], [W]
- 1970: La Horse [D], [W], with Jean Gabin
- 1971: Le Chat [D], [W], with Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret
- 1971: La Veuve Couderc [D], [W], with Simone Signoret, Alain Delon
- 1973: Le Fils [D], [W], with Yves Montand
- 1973: Le Train [D], [W], with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider
- 1974: La Race des seigneurs [D], [W], with Alain Delon
- 1975: La Cage [D], [W], with Lino Ventura, Ingrid Thulin
- 1975: Adieu poulet [D], with Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere
- 1976: Une femme à sa fenêtre [D], [W], with Romy Schneider
- 1976: Le Toubib [D], [W], with Alain Delon, Véronique Jannot
- 1981: Une étrange affaire [D], [W], with Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli
- 1982: L'Étoile du Nord [D], [W], with Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret
- 1983: L'Ami de Vincent [D], [W], with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Françoise Fabian
- 1985: L'Homme aux yeux d'argent [D], [W], with Alain Souchon
- 1986: Cours privé [D], [W], with Michel Aumont, Élizabeth Bourgine
- 1987: Noyade interdite [D], [W], with Philippe Noiret
- 1988: La Couleur du vent [D]
- 1990: L'Autrichienne [D], with Ute Lemper
- 1995: Le Petit Garçon [D]
- 1992: la Voix [D], [W]
- 1992: Archipel [D], [W]
- 1995: Maigret et la vente à la bougie (TV) [D], [W], with Bruno Cremer
- 1996: La Dernière Fête (TV) [D], [W], with Bruno Cremer
- 1997: Maigret et l'enfant de chœur (TV) [D], [W], with Bruno Cremer
- 2001: Maigret et la fenêtre ouverte (TV) [D], with Bruno Cremer
