Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film Archimède le clochard was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He had the most number of successful films at the French box office between 1945 and 2001 with 42 of his films having admissions of 500,000 or more, more than any other.
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Known For
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
Director
Hi-Jack Highway
(1955)
Director
April Fools' Day
(1954)
Director
Maigret Sees Red
(1963)
Director
My Wife's Husband
(1963)
Director
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Director
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
(1965)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Sur le plancher des vaches
(1940)
Assistant Director
Adémaï bandit d'honneur
(1943)
Director
The Black Rider
(1945)
Director
Driving Lesson
(1946)
Director
Thirty and Forty
(1946)
Director
L'Aventure de Cabassou
(1946)
Director
Rendezvous in Paris
(1947)
Director
History of Singing
(1947)
Director
Danger of Death
(1947)
Director
By the Window
(1948)
Director
Femme sans passé
(1948)
Director
Jo la Romance
(1949)
Director
Au p'tit zouave
(1950)
Director
Amédée
(1950)
Director
Les femmes sont folles
(1950)
Director
L'homme de joie
(1950)
Director
Love and Companionship
(1950)
Director
The Straw Lover
(1951)
Director
Les Petites Cardinal
(1951)
Director
The Prettiest Sin in the World
(1951)
Director
Love, Madame
(1952)
Director
Jupiter
(1952)
Director
Rhine Virgin
(1953)
Director
Jeunes mariés
(1953)
Director
April Fools' Day
(1954)
Director
Trust Me!
(1954)
Director
Spring, Autumn and Love
(1955)
Director
Hi-Jack Highway
(1955)
Director
Blood to the Head
(1956)
Director
Speaking of Murder
(1957)
Director
Reproduction interdite
(1957)
Director
Not Delivered
(1958)
Director
Three Days to Live
(1958)
Director
The Night Affair
(1958)
Director
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Director
The Magnificent Tramp
(1959)
Director
The Old Guard
(1960)
Director
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
Director
The Gentleman from Epsom
(1962)
Director
The Trip to Biarritz
(1963)
Director
Maigret Sees Red
(1963)
Director
My Wife's Husband
(1963)
Director
That Tender Age
(1964)
Director
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
(1965)
Director
Operation Double Cross
(1965)
Director
The Man in the Buick
(1968)
Director
Under the Sign of the Bull
(1969)
Director
A Loser
(1972)
Director
Gross Paris
(1974)
Director
Les Insulaires
(1979)
Director
Jean-Sans-Terre
(1980)
Director
William the Conqueror
(1982)
Director
Acting
Le coeur dispose
(1937)
Sur le plancher des vaches
(1940)
L'instructeur de vol (uncredited)
My Wife's Husband
(1963)
L'instituteur (uncredited)
Writing
Métier de fous
(1948)
Writer
Les femmes sont folles
(1950)
Writer
April Fools' Day
(1954)
Adaptation
Spring, Autumn and Love
(1955)
Adaptation and Dialogue
Hi-Jack Highway
(1955)
Writer
Blood to the Head
(1956)
Screenplay
Reproduction interdite
(1957)
Screenplay
Speaking of Murder
(1957)
Writer
Three Days to Live
(1958)
Screenplay
The Night Affair
(1958)
Adaptation
125, rue Montmartre
(1959)
Writer
The Old Guard
(1960)
Adaptation
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(1961)
Writer
The Gentleman from Epsom
(1962)
Writer
Maigret Sees Red
(1963)
Adaptation
Operation Double Cross
(1965)
Screenplay
The Man in the Buick
(1968)
Writer
Under the Sign of the Bull
(1969)
Writer
A Loser
(1972)
Dialogue and Adaptation
Gross Paris
(1974)
Screenplay
Les Insulaires
(1979)
Writer
Jean-Sans-Terre
(1980)
Adaptation
French Cuisine
(2015)
Scenario Writer