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Film director, screenwriter
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Male
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Birth:
5 May 1911(Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Death:
27 April 1996(Suresnes, canton of Suresnes, arrondissement of Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 55 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.
Selected filmography
- Trente et Quarante (1945)
- Lessons in Conduct (1946)
- The Straw Lover (1951)
- L'Amour, Madame (1952)
- Faites-moi confiance (1954)
- Poisson d'avril (1954)
- Gas-oil (1955)
- Spring, Autumn and Love (1955)
- Le Sang à la tête (1956)
- Le rouge est mis (1957)
- Échec au porteur (1958)
- Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
- 125, rue Montmartre (1959)
- Archimède le clochard (1959)
- The Old Guard (1960)
- Le Gentleman d'Epsom (1962)
- La Cuisine au beurre (1963)
- The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
- Les Bons Vivants (1965)
- Train d'enfer (1965)
- Quentin Durward (1971, TV series)