Pierre Granier-Deferre
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{{short description|French film director and screenwriter (1927-2007)}}
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| name = Pierre Granier-Deferre
| birth_place = Paris, France
| birth_date = 2 July 1927
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| death_date = 16 November 2007 (aged 80)
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter
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| children = 6, including Denys Granier-Deferre
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Pierre Granier-Deferre (2 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1971/03_preistr_ger_1971/03_Preistraeger_1971.html|title=Berlinale 1971: Prize Winners|access-date=14 March 2010|work=berlinale.de}} His 1964 film The Adventures of Salavin won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the 12th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Family
Granier-Deferre married Annie Fratellini, who starred in his film La Métamorphose des cloportes. They had one daughter, Valerie.{{cn|date=November 2017}}
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.{{cn|date=November 2017}}
He is also the father to three other daughters. {{cn|date=November 2017}}
Filmography
[D] = Director; [W] = Writer
- 1962: Le Petit garçon de l'ascenseur [D], [W]
- 1964: The Adventures of Salavin
- 1965: La Métamorphose des cloportes [D], [W], with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour
- 1965: Paris au mois d'août [D], [W], with Charles Aznavour
- 1967: {{Interlanguage link multi|Le Grand Dadais|fr|3=Le Grand Dadais (film, 1967)|lt=Le Grand Dadais}} [D], [W]
- 1970: La Horse [D], [W], with Jean Gabin
- 1971: Le Chat [D], [W], with Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret
- 1971: La Veuve Couderc [D], [W], with Simone Signoret, Alain Delon
- 1973: {{Interlanguage link multi|Le Fils (1973 film)|fr|3=Le Fils (film, 1973)|lt=Le Fils}} [D], [W], with Yves Montand
- 1973: Le Train [D], [W], with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider
- 1974: La Race des seigneurs [D], [W], with Alain Delon
- 1975: {{Interlanguage link multi|La Cage (1975 film)|fr|3=La Cage (film)|lt=La Cage}} [D], [W], with Lino Ventura, Ingrid Thulin
- 1975: Adieu poulet [D], with Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere
- 1976: Une femme à sa fenêtre [D], [W], with Romy Schneider
- 1976: Le Toubib [D], [W], with Alain Delon, Véronique Jannot
- 1981: Une étrange affaire [D], [W], with Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli
- 1982: L'Étoile du Nord [D], [W], with Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret
- 1983: {{Interlanguage link multi|L'Ami de Vincent|fr}} [D], [W], with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Françoise Fabian
- 1985: L'Homme aux yeux d'argent [D], [W], with Alain Souchon
- 1986: Cours privé [D], [W], with Michel Aumont, Élizabeth Bourgine
- 1987: {{Interlanguage link multi|Noyade interdite|fr}} [D], [W], with Philippe Noiret
- 1988: La Couleur du vent [D]
- 1990: L'Autrichienne [D], with Ute Lemper
- 1995: Le Petit Garçon [D]
- 1992: la Voix [D], [W]
- 1992: Archipel [D], [W]
- 1995: Maigret et la vente à la bougie (TV) [D], [W], with Bruno Cremer
- 1996: La Dernière Fête (TV) [D], [W], with Bruno Cremer
- 1997: Maigret et l'enfant de chœur (TV) [D], [W], with Bruno Cremer
- 2001: Maigret et la fenêtre ouverte (TV) [D], with Bruno Cremer
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|name=Pierre Granier-Deferre|id=0335133}}
- [http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2007/11/17/03004-20071117ARTFIG00283-la-mort-de-pierre-granier-deferre.php Obituary]
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Category:French film directors
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