Pierre Granier-Deferre
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. Family 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. 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: [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