Pierre Granier-Deferre
Known for
Directing
Born
July 22, 1927
Birthplace
Paris, France
Died
November 16, 2007 (aged 80)
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 o...
Best known work
Taxi for Tobruk
1961
The French Detective
1975
The Cat
1971
The Widow Couderc
1971
The Last Train
1973
The Horse
1970
Strange Affair
1981
Cloportes
1965
The Cage
1975
The Medic
1979Filmography
2022
Patrick Dewaere, My Heroas Self (archive footage) - director
2019
2006
One SummerWriter
2002
1996
La dernière fêteDirector, Writer
1995
The Little BoyWriter, Director
1993
ArchipelDirector, Screenplay
1992
The VoiceWriter, Director
1991
1990
The AustrianDirector
1988
The Color of the WindDirector
1987
Widow's WalkDirector, Writer
1986
Private TuitionDirector, Writer
1985
L'Homme aux yeux d'argentDirector, Adaptation
1983
A Friend of VincentDirector, Writer
1982
The North StarDirector, Writer
1981
Strange AffairDirector, Screenplay
1979
The MedicDirector, Writer
1976
A Woman at Her WindowDirector, Screenplay
1975
The French DetectiveDirector
1975
The CageDirector, Writer
1975
1974
1974
CreezyDirector, Screenplay
1973
The Last TrainDirector, Adaptation