Pierre Granier-Deferre
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-07-22
Day of Death
2007-11-16 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Biography
Pierre Granier-Deferre (27 July 1927 – 16 November 2007) was a French film director and screenwriter.
His 1971 film Le Chat (The Cat) won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. His 1964 film The Adventures of Salavin won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the 12th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Granier-Deferre married Annie Fratellini, who starred in his film La Métamorphose des cloportes. They had one daughter, Valerie.
He had two children with his second wife, Susan Hampshire, an English actress: a son, Christopher, a producer/director, and a daughter, Victoria, who died shortly after birth. Granier-Deferre is also the father of Denys Granier-Deferre, a director/actor, whose mother is Denise Leve.
He is also the father to three other daughters.
Source: Article "Pierre Granier-Deferre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Acting
(2022)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
as Self (archive footage) - director
Crew
(2006)
One Summer
Writer
(1996)
La dernière fête
Writer, Director
(1995)
The Little Boy
Writer, Director
(1993)
Archipel
Director, Screenplay
(1992)
The Voice
Writer, Director
(1990)
The Austrian
Director
(1988)
The Color of the Wind
Director
(1987)
Widow's Walk
Writer, Director
(1986)
Private Tuition
Director, Writer
(1985)
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
Director, Adaptation
(1983)
A Friend of Vincent
Director, Writer
(1982)
The North Star
Director, Writer
(1981)
Strange Affair
Screenplay, Director
(1979)
The Medic
Director, Writer
(1976)
A Woman at Her Window
Director, Screenplay
(1975)
The French Detective
Director
(1975)
The Cage
Director, Writer
(1974)
Creezy
Director, Screenplay
(1973)
The Last Train
Director, Adaptation
(1973)
The Son
Writer, Director
(1971)
The Cat
Director, Writer
(1971)
The Widow Couderc
Director, Adaptation
(1970)
The Horse
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
The Big Softie
Screenplay, Director
(1966)
Paris in August
Director
(1965)
Cloportes
Director, Writer
(1964)
The Adventures of Salavin
Director
(1962)
The Little Boy from the Lift
Director, Adaptation
(1961)
Taxi for Tobruk
Assistant Director
(1958)
A Legitimate Defense
Assistant Director
(1958)
Et ta sœur…
First Assistant Director
(1955)
Magic Village
Assistant Director
(1955)
The Fugitives
Assistant Director
(1954)
Air of Paris
Assistant Director
(1952)
She and Me
Assistant Director
(1951)
Terreur en Oklahoma
Assistant Director
(1951)
Chicago Digest
Assistant Director