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Pierre Granier-Deferre

French film director and screenwriter (1927-2007)

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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. 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.

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.

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: 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: 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: La Cage [D], [W], with Lino Ventura, Ingrid Thulin

1975: Adieu poulet [D], with Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere

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