Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
July 22, 1927
Died
November 16, 2007 (80 years old)
Paris, France
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.
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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.
Known For
Directing
One Summer
Writer
2006
Maigret
Director
1991
The Color of the Wind
Director
1988
Widow's Walk
Writer, Director
1987
Private Tuition
Director, Writer
1986
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
Director, Adaptation
1985
A Friend of Vincent
Director, Writer
1983
The North Star
Director, Writer
1982
Strange Affair
Screenplay, Director
1981
The Medic
Director, Writer
1979
A Woman at Her Window
Director, Screenplay
1976
The French Detective
Director
1975