Gilles Grangier

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-05 (85 years old)

Deathday

1996-04-27

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Gilles Grangier

Biography

Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film Archimède le clochard was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He had the most number of successful films at the French box office between 1945 and 2001 with 42 of his films having admissions of 500,000 or more, more than any other. Source: Article "Gilles Grangier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting

1940

Sur le plancher des vaches

as L'instructeur de vol (uncredited)

1963

My Wife's Husband

as Teacher (uncredited)

Production

1965

1959

1960

The Old Guard

as Director

1955

Hi-Jack Highway

as Director

1959

1963

1955

1954

April Fools' Day

as Director

1954

April Fools' Day

as Adaptation

1956

1953

Rhine Virgin

as Director

1955

1958

The Night Affair

as Director

1958

The Night Affair

as Adaptation

1963

Maigret Sees Red

as Director

1963

Maigret Sees Red

as Adaptation

1964

That Tender Age

as Director

1968

1957

1963

1958

1958

Three Days to Live

as Screenplay

1956

Blood to the Head

as Screenplay

1948

By the Window

as Director

1954

Trust Me!

as Director

1958

Not Delivered

as Director

1957

2015

French Cuisine

as Scenario Writer

1980

Jean-Sans-Terre

as Director

1980

Jean-Sans-Terre

as Adaptation

1957

1952

Love, Madame

as Director

1957

1979

Les Insulaires

as Director

1979

1947

1947

Danger of Death

as Director

1974

Gross Paris

as Screenplay

1972

A Loser

as Adaptation

1972

A Loser

as Dialogue

1950

Au P'tit Zouave

as Director

1940

Sur le plancher des vaches

as Assistant Director

1982

1959

1950

1945

The Black Rider

as Director

1948

1946

1951

The Straw Lover

as Director

1946

Driving Lesson

as Director

1948

1946

Thirty and Forty

as Director

1947

1949

Jo la Romance

as Director

1950

Amédée

as Director

1950

1950

L'homme de joie

as Director

1951

1972

A Loser

as Director

1974

Gross Paris

as Director

1952

Jupiter

as Director

1953

Jeunes mariés

as Director

1965

1960

The Old Guard

as Adaptation

1938

Un fichu métier

as Assistant Director

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