FILM DIRECTOR

Pierre Granier-Deferre

1927 - 2007

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Granier-Deferre has received more than 104,620 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pierre Granier-Deferre is the 706th most popular film director (down from 652nd in 2019), the 3,531st most popular biography from France (down from 3,260th in 2019) and the 95th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Pierre Granier-Deferre ranks 706 out of 2,041. Before her are Artavazd Peleshyan, Ruben Östlund, Mario Camerini, Tsai Ming-liang, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, and David Chase. After her are Barry Sonnenfeld, Daniel Schmid, Olle Hellbom, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Enzo G. Castellari, and Jacques Rozier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Pierre Granier-Deferre ranks 210. Before her are Torbjørn Falkanger, Gary Bertini, B. V. Doshi, Patrick O'Neal, Bernard Fox, and Irina Skobtseva. After her are L. Q. Jones, Josep Maria Subirachs, Adrián Escudero, Alma Adamkienė, Micheline Bernardini, and Greta Andersen. Among people deceased in 2007, Pierre Granier-Deferre ranks 187. Before her are Gian Carlo Menotti, Aaron Russo, Alfons Maria Stickler, Bruno Mattei, Tosiwo Nakayama, and Egon Bondy. After her are Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Toulo de Graffenried, Angelo Felici, Ken McGregor, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, and Kirill Lavrov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Granier-Deferre ranks 3,531 out of 6,770. Before her are Johann Carolus (1575), Ligier Richier (1500), Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1134), André Maschinot (1903), Émile Lemoine (1840), and Rachida Dati (1965). After her are Louis Dollo (1857), Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Alain Chartier (1392), Auguste Herbin (1882), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), and Pasquier Quesnel (1634).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Pierre Granier-Deferre ranks 95. Before her are Georges Franju (1912), Michel Deville (1931), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), Bruno Nuytten (1945), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), and Claude Pinoteau (1925). After her are Jacques Rozier (1926), Paul Grimault (1905), Maurice Tourneur (1876), Albert Capellani (1874), Michel Audiard (1920), and Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928).

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Filmography

Taxi for Tobruk
Director
During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.
May 9th 19617.1 / 10
The French Detective
Director
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
Dec 10th 19756.775 / 10
The Cat
Director
Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.
Apr 24th 19717.4 / 10