Gilles Grangier

Biography

Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. 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. 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. Source: Article "Gilles Grangier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Directed

1. The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) — Director
2. My Wife's Husband (1963) — Director
3. 125 rue Montmartre (1959) — Director
4. The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) — Director
5. The Old Guard (1960) — Director
6. Maigret Sees Red (1963) — Director
7. Speaking of Murder (1957) — Director
8. The Night Affair (1958) — Director
9. The Magnificent Tramp (1959) — Director
10. How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965) — Director
11. Hi-Jack Highway (1955) — Director
12. Blood to the Head (1956) — Director
13. April Fools' Day (1954) — Director
14. That Tender Age (1964) — Director
15. The Man in the Buick (1968) — Director
16. Rhine Virgin (1953) — Director
17. Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) — Director
18. Two Years Vacation (1974) — Director
19. Three Days to Live (1958) — Director
20. Not Delivered (1958) — Director
21. Reproduction interdite (1957) — Director
22. The Trip to Biarritz (1963) — Director
23. Au P'tit Zouave (1950) — Director
24. Trust Me! (1954) — Director
25. Danger of Death (1947) — Director
26. The Prettiest Sin in the World (1951) — Director
27. A Loser (1972) — Director
28. Spring, Autumn and Love (1955) — Director
29. Quentin Durward (1971) — Director
30. By the Window (1948) — Director
31. Operation Double Cross (1965) — Director
32. Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943) — Director
33. Love, Madame (1952) — Director
34. The Straw Lover (1951) — Director
35. Thirty and Forty (1946) — Director
36. Amédée (1950) — Director
37. Les Petites Cardinal (1951) — Director
38. William the Conqueror (1982) — Director
39. Les femmes sont folles (1950) — Director
40. L'Aventure de Cabassou (1946) — Director

Also appeared in

1. My Wife's Husband (1963) — Teacher (uncredited)
2. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
3. Fedora (1934) — Un soldat
4. Sur le plancher des vaches (1940) — L'instructeur de vol (uncredited)
5. Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002) — Self (archive footage)
6. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
7. Le cœur dispose (1937)
8. Le Paria (1985) — Chevalier