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

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

May 17, 2022

Midi trente

March 6, 1972

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2022	Patrick Dewaere, My Hero	Himself (archive) - director
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self
1974	Spécial cinéma	Self
1972	Midi trente	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2006	One Summer	Writer
1996	La dernière fête	Director
1996	La dernière fête	Writer
1995	The Little Boy	Writer
1995	The Little Boy	Director
1993	Archipel	Director
1993	Archipel	Screenplay
1992	The Voice	Writer
1992	The Voice	Director
1991	Maigret	Director
1990	The Austrian	Director
1988	The Color of the Wind	Director
1987	Widow's Walk	Director
1987	Widow's Walk	Writer
1986	Private Tuition	Director
1986	Private Tuition	Writer
1985	L'Homme aux yeux d'argent	Director
1985	L'Homme aux yeux d'argent	Adaptation
1983	A Friend of Vincent	Director
1983	A Friend of Vincent	Writer
1982	The North Star	Director
1982	The North Star	Writer
1981	Strange Affair	Director
1981	Strange Affair	Screenplay
1979	The Medic	Director
1979	The Medic	Writer
1976	A Woman at Her Window	Director
1976	A Woman at Her Window	Screenplay
1975	The French Detective	Director
1975	The Cage	Director
1975	The Cage	Writer
1974	Creezy	Director
1974	Creezy	Screenplay
1973	The Last Train	Director
1973	The Last Train	Adaptation
1973	The Son	Director
1973	The Son	Writer
1971	The Cat	Director
1971	The Cat	Writer
1971	The Widow Couderc	Director
1971	The Widow Couderc	Adaptation
1970	The Horse	Director
1970	The Horse	Screenplay
1967	The Big Softie	Screenplay
1967	The Big Softie	Director
1966	Paris in August	Director
1965	Cloportes	Director
1965	Cloportes	Writer
1964	The Adventures of Salavin	Director
1962	The Little Boy from the Lift	Director
1962	The Little Boy from the Lift	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
1954	Air of Paris	Assistant Director
1952	She and Me	Assistant Director
1951	Terreur en Oklahoma	Assistant Director
1951	Chicago Digest	Assistant Director