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Pierre Granier-Deferre

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Pierre Granier-Deferre

Born July 22, 1927 in Paris, FranceDied November 16, 200727 films

Pierre Granier-Deferre (27 July 1927 – 16 November 2007) was a French film director and screenwriter.

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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.

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The Cat posterFirst watchThe Cat19717.4Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The French Detective poster6.7The French Detective1975The Widow Couderc poster6.8The Widow Couderc1971The Last Train poster6.6The Last Train1973The Horse poster6.9The Horse1970Strange Affair poster6.3Strange Affair1981

Filmography

27 films as director
  1. 1996La dernière fêteDirector
  2. 1995The Little BoyDirector
  3. 1993ArchipelDirector
  4. 1992The VoiceDirector
  5. 1990The AustrianDirector
  6. 1988The Color of the WindDirector
  7. 1987Widow's WalkDirector
  8. 1986Private TuitionDirector
  9. 1985L'Homme aux yeux d'argentDirector
  10. 1983A Friend of VincentDirector
  11. 1982The North StarDirector
  12. 1981Strange AffairDirector
  13. 1979The MedicDirector
  14. 1976A Woman at Her WindowDirector
  15. 1975The French DetectiveDirector
  16. 1975The CageDirector
  17. 1974CreezyDirector
  18. 1973The Last TrainDirector
  19. 1973The SonDirector
  20. 1971The Widow CoudercDirector
  21. 1971The CatDirector
  22. 1970The HorseDirector
  23. 1967The Big SoftieDirector
  24. 1966Paris in AugustDirector
  25. 1965CloportesDirector
  26. 1964The Adventures of SalavinDirector
  27. 1962The Little Boy from the LiftDirector