Pierre Granier-Deferre

Director · Born 22 July 1927 in Paris, France · Died 16 November 2007 · 9 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

5 of Pierre Granier-Deferre’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 5 on Netflix. Highest rated available: The North Star (1982) ★ 6.5.

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.

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Directing

• The Cage (1975)
• A Woman at Her Window (1976)
• The North Star (1982)
• A Friend of Vincent (1983)

Writing

• The Cage (1975)
• A Woman at Her Window (1976)
• The North Star (1982)
• A Friend of Vincent (1983)
• One Summer (2006)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• The French Detective (1975)
• The Cat (1971)
• The Widow Couderc (1971)
• The Last Train (1973)
• The Horse (1970)
• Strange Affair (1981)
• Cloportes (1965)
• The Medic (1979)
• Widow's Walk (1987)
• Private Tuition (1986)
• Maigret (1991)
• Creezy (1974)