Pierre Granier-Deferre

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-07-22 (80 years old)

Deathday

2007-11-16

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...

Acting

2022

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

as Self (archive footage) - director

Production

1990

The Austrian

as Director

1973

The Last Train

as Director

1973

The Last Train

as Adaptation

1976

1981

Strange Affair

as Director

1981

Strange Affair

as Screenplay

1971

The Cat

as Director

1970

The Horse

as Director

1974

Creezy

as Director

1974

Creezy

as Screenplay

1988

1979

The Medic

as Director

1967

The Big Softie

as Screenplay

1992

The Voice

as Writer

1965

Cloportes

as Director

1971

1975

1982

The North Star

as Director

1958

A Legitimate Defense

as Assistant Director

1995

1983

1973

The Son

as Director

1973

The Son

as Writer

1993

Archipel

as Director

1993

Archipel

as Screenplay

1987

Widow's Walk

as Director

1987

Widow's Walk

as Writer

1951

Terreur en Oklahoma

as Assistant Director

1982

1951

Chicago Digest

as Assistant Director

1986

Private Tuition

as Director

1986

1965

Cloportes

as Writer

1985

1983

1979

The Medic

as Writer

2006

One Summer

as Writer

1954

Air of Paris

as Assistant Director

1961

Taxi for Tobruk

as Assistant Director

1971

The Widow Couderc

as Adaptation

1975

The Cage

as Director

1992

The Voice

as Director

1966

Paris in August

as Director

1967

The Big Softie

as Director

1995

The Little Boy

as Director

1958

Et ta sœur…

as First Assistant Director

1952

She and Me

as Assistant Director

1970

The Horse

as Screenplay

1996

1996

1975

The Cage

as Writer

1971

The Cat

as Writer

1955

Magic Village

as Assistant Director

1976

1955

The Fugitives

as Assistant Director

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