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. 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.
He had two children with his second wife, Susan Hampshire, an English actress: a son, Christopher Granier-Deferre, a producer and director, and a daughter 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.
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 in August [D], [W], with Charles Aznavour 1967: [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: [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: [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: [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: [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
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