Gilles Grangier
French film director
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Born | (1911-05-05)5 May 1911 Paris, France |
Died | 27 April 1996(1996-04-27) (aged 84) Suresnes, France |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1944–1985 |
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Selected filmography
- Trente et Quarante (1945)
- The Black Cavalier (1945)
- The Adventure of Cabassou (1946)
- Lessons in Conduct (1946)
- Rendezvous in Paris (1947)
- Something to Sing About (1947)
- Danger of Death (1947)
- Woman Without a Past (1948)
- I'm the Romance (1949)
- Amédée (1950)
- The Little Zouave (1950)
- The Happy Man (1950)
- The Straw Lover (1950)
- The Prettiest Sin in the World (1951)
- Love, Madame (1952)
- Twelve Hours of Happiness (1952)
- Young Maries (1953)
- Rhine Virgin (1953)
- Faites-moi confiance (1954)
- Poisson d'avril (1954)
- Gas-Oil (1955)
- Spring, Autumn and Love (1955)
- Blood to the Head (1956)
- The Schemer (1957)
- Speaking of Murder (1957)
- Three Days to Live (1957)
- Not Delivered (1958)
- Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
- 125 Rue Montmartre (1959)
- Archimède le clochard (1959)
- The Old Guard (1960)
- The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
- The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
- La Cuisine au Beurre (1963)
- The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
- Maigret Sees Red (1963)
- That Tender Age (1964)
- Les Bons Vivants (1965)
- Train d'enfer (1965)
- Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
- Quentin Durward (1971, TV series)
References
- ^ Kirkup, James (17 May 1996). "Obituary: Gilles Grangier". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "Berlinale 1959: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ Nesselson, Lisa (30 April 2001). "Box office bible 'Cine-Passions' reveals Gallic movie habits". Variety. p. 64.
External links
- Gilles Grangier at IMDb
- Biography and filmography by "Cinereves" (French)
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Films directed by Gilles Grangier
- Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943)
- The Black Cavalier (1945)
- Lessons in Conduct (1946)
- The Adventure of Cabassou (1946)
- Trente et Quarante (1946)
- Something to Sing About (1947)
- Rendezvous in Paris (1947)
- Danger of Death (1947)
- Par la fenêtre (1948)
- Woman Without a Past (1948)
- I'm the Romance (1949)
- Amour et compagnie (1950)
- Amédée (1950)
- The Little Zouave (1950)
- Les femmes sont folles (1950)
- The Straw Lover (1950)
- The Happy Man (1950)
- Les petites Cardinal (1951)
- The Prettiest Sin in the World (1951)
- Love, Madame (1952)
- Twelve Hours of Happiness (1952)
- Young Maries (1953)
- Rhine Virgin (1953)
- Faites-moi confiance (1954)
- Trust Me! (1954)
- April Fools' Day (1954)
- Gas-Oil (1955)
- Spring, Autumn and Love (1955)
- Gas-Oil (1955)
- Blood to the Head (1956)
- The Schemer (1957)
- Speaking of Murder (1957)
- Three Days to Live (1957)
- Not Delivered (1958)
- Le Désordre et la Nuit (1958)
- Archimède le clochard (1959)
- 125 Rue Montmartre (1959)
- The Old Guard (1960)
- The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
- The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
- The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
- Maigret voit rouge (1963)
- My Wife's Husband (1963)
- That Tender Age (1964)
- Train d'enfer (1965)
- Les Bons Vivants (1965)
- The Man in the Buick (1968)
- Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
- A Loser (1972)
- Gross Paris (1974)
- The Pirates of the Pacific (1975)
- Insula comorilor (1975)
- William the Conqueror (1982)
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