Pierre Granier-Deferre

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Pierre Granier-Deferre

Directing July 22, 1927

Paris, France

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 a…

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Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

9.5 1974 TV Show
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6.0 1975 TV Show
Midi trente

Midi trente

6.0 1972 TV Show
Maigret

Maigret

7.9 1991 TV Show
Taxi for Tobruk

Taxi for Tobruk

7.1 1961 Movie
The French Detective

The French Detective

6.7 1975 Movie
The Cat

The Cat

7.4 1971 Movie
The Widow Couderc

The Widow Couderc

6.8 1971 Movie
The Last Train

The Last Train

6.6 1973 Movie
The Horse

The Horse

6.9 1970 Movie
Cloportes

Cloportes

6.3 1965 Movie
Strange Affair

Strange Affair

6.2 1981 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

    Movie Self (archive footage) - director

  2. 2019
    Accaduta

    Movie

  3. 2006
    One Summer

    Movie Writer

  4. 2002
    Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

    Movie Self

  5. 1996
    La dernière fête

    Movie Director

  6. 1995
    The Little Boy

    Movie Writer

  7. 1993
    Archipel

    Movie Director

  8. 1992
    The Voice

    Movie Writer

  9. 1991
    Maigret

    TV show Director

  10. 1990
    The Austrian

    Movie Director

  11. 1988
    The Color of the Wind

    Movie Director

  12. 1987
    Widow's Walk

    Movie Director

  13. 1986
    Private Tuition

    Movie Director

  14. 1985
    L'Homme aux yeux d'argent

    Movie Director

  15. 1983
    A Friend of Vincent

    Movie Director

  16. 1982
    The North Star

    Movie Director

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  1. 1981
    Strange Affair

    Movie Director

  2. 1979
    The Medic

    Movie Director

  3. 1976
    A Woman at Her Window

    Movie Director

  4. 1975
    The French Detective

    Movie Director

  5. 1975
    The Cage

    Movie Director

  6. 1975
    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    TV show Self

  7. 1974
    Spécial cinéma

    TV show Self

  8. 1974
    Creezy

    Movie Director

  9. 1973
    The Last Train

    Movie Director

  10. 1973
    The Son

    Movie Director

  11. 1972
    Midi trente

    TV show Self

  12. 1971
    The Widow Couderc

    Movie Director

  13. 1971
    The Cat

    Movie Director

  14. 1970
    The Horse

    Movie Director

  15. 1967
    The Big Softie

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1966
    Paris in August

    Movie Director

  17. 1965
    Cloportes

    Movie Director

  18. 1964
    The Adventures of Salavin

    Movie Director

  19. 1962
    The Little Boy from the Lift

    Movie Director

  20. 1961
    Taxi for Tobruk

    Movie Assistant Director

  21. 1958
    Et ta sœur…

    Movie First Assistant Director

  22. 1958
    A Legitimate Defense

    Movie Assistant Director

  23. 1956
    Crime and Punishment

    Movie First Assistant Director

  24. 1955
    The Fugitives

    Movie Assistant Director