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.^[1] 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, Valerie.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

He is also the father to three other daughters.^{[citation needed]}

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 au mois d'août [D], [W], with Charles Aznavour
• 1967: Le Grand Dadais [fr] [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 [fr] [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 [fr] [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: L'Ami de Vincent [fr] [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: Noyade interdite [fr] [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