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 of Célia (an actress) and Marie (a stuntwoman) by Isabel Garcia de Herreros (a film editor).
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Known For
The French Detective
(1975)
Director
The Last Train
(1973)
Director
The Horse
(1970)
Director
The Widow Couderc
(1971)
Director
The Cat
(1971)
Director
The Medic
(1979)
Director
Taxi for Tobruk
(1961)
Assistant Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Terreur en Oklahoma
(1951)
Assistant Director
Chicago Digest
(1951)
Assistant Director
She and Me
(1952)
Assistant Director
Air of Paris
(1954)
Assistant Director
Magic Village
(1955)
Assistant Director
Et ta sœur...
(1958)
First Assistant Director
A Legitimate Defense
(1958)
Assistant Director
Taxi for Tobruk
(1961)
Assistant Director
The Little Boy from the Lift
(1962)
Director
The Adventures of Salavin
(1964)
Director
Cloportes
(1965)
Director
Paris in August
(1966)
Director
The Big Softie
(1967)
Director
The Horse
(1970)
Director
The Widow Couderc
(1971)
Director
The Cat
(1971)
Director
The Son
(1973)
Director
The Last Train
(1973)
Director
Creezy
(1974)
Director
The French Detective
(1975)
Director
The Cage
(1975)
Director
A Woman at Her Window
(1976)
Director
The Medic
(1979)
Director
Strange Affair
(1981)
Director
The North Star
(1982)
Director
A Friend of Vincent
(1983)
Director
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
(1985)
Director
Private Tuition
(1986)
Director
Widow's Walk
(1987)
Director
The Color of the Wind
(1988)
Director
The Austrian
(1990)
Director
The Voice
(1992)
Director
Archipel
(1993)
Director
The Little Boy
(1995)
Director
La dernière fête
(1996)
Director
Writing
The Little Boy from the Lift
(1962)
Adaptation
Cloportes
(1965)
Writer
The Big Softie
(1967)
Screenplay
The Horse
(1970)
Screenplay
The Widow Couderc
(1971)
Adaptation
The Cat
(1971)
Writer
The Son
(1973)
Writer
The Last Train
(1973)
Adaptation
Creezy
(1974)
Screenplay
The Cage
(1975)
Writer
A Woman at Her Window
(1976)
Screenplay
The Medic
(1979)
Writer
Strange Affair
(1981)
Screenplay
The North Star
(1982)
Writer
A Friend of Vincent
(1983)
Writer
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
(1985)
Adaptation
Private Tuition
(1986)
Writer
Widow's Walk
(1987)
Writer
The Voice
(1992)
Writer
Archipel
(1993)
Screenplay
The Little Boy
(1995)
Writer
La dernière fête
(1996)
Writer
One Summer
(2006)
Writer