Pierre Granier-Deferre

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-07-22

Deathday 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 of Célia (an actress) and Marie (a stuntwoman) by Isabel Garcia de Herreros (a film editor). Source: Article "Pierre Granier-Deferre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Director

1996
La dernière fête

as Director

1995
The Little Boy

as Director

1993
Archipel

as Director

1992
The Voice

as Director

1991
Maigret

as Director

1990
The Austrian

as Director

1988
1987
Widow's Walk

as Director

1986
Private Tuition

as Director

1983
1982
The North Star

as Director

1981
Strange Affair

as Director

1979
The Medic

as Director

1976
1975
1975
The Cage

as Director

1974
Creezy

as Director

1973
The Last Train

as Director

1973
The Son

as Director

1971
The Cat

as Director

1971
The Widow Couderc

as Director

1970
The Horse

as Director

1967
The Big Softie

as Director

1966
Paris in August

as Director

1965
Cloportes

as Director

1961
Taxi for Tobruk

as Assistant Director

1958
A Legitimate Defense

as Assistant Director

1958
Et ta sœur...

as First Assistant Director

1955
Magic Village

as Assistant Director

1954
Air of Paris

as Assistant Director

1952
She and Me

as Assistant Director

1951
Terreur en Oklahoma

as Assistant Director

1951
Chicago Digest

as Assistant Director

Writer

2006
One Summer

as Writer

1996
1995
The Little Boy

as Writer

1993
Archipel

as Screenplay

1992
The Voice

as Writer

1987
Widow's Walk

as Writer

1986
Private Tuition

as Writer

1985
1983
1982
The North Star

as Writer

1981
Strange Affair

as Screenplay

1979
The Medic

as Writer

1976
A Woman at Her Window

as Screenplay

1975
The Cage

as Writer

1974
Creezy

as Screenplay

1973
The Last Train

as Adaptation

1973
The Son

as Writer

1971
The Widow Couderc

as Adaptation

1971
The Cat

as Writer

1970
The Horse

as Screenplay

1967
The Big Softie

as Screenplay

1965
Cloportes

as Writer

Actor

2022
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

as Himself (archive) - director

1974
1972
Midi trente

as Self