Personal Info
Birthday
July 22, 1927
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Known For
Directing
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. 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.
Directed Movies (27)
La dernière fête
The Little Boy
The Voice
Maigret
The Austrian
The Color of the Wind
Widow's Walk
Private Tuition
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
A Friend of Vincent
The North Star
Strange Affair
The Medic
A Woman at Her Window
The French Detective
The Cage
Creezy
The Last Train
The Son
The Widow Couderc
The Cat
The Horse
The Big Softie
Paris in August
