Gilles Grangier

Known for: Directing
Born: May 5, 1911, Paris, France
Died: April 27, 1996
Movies: 59

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.

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Best-Known Movies

7.0

The Counterfeiters of Paris

1961

6.7

My Wife's Husband

1963

7.5

125 rue Montmartre

1959

6.2

The Gentleman from Epsom

1962

6.4

Maigret Sees Red

1963

6.3

The Old Guard

1960

6.3

Speaking of Murder

1957

6.2

The Night Affair

1958

7.0

The Magnificent Tramp

1959

6.6

Hi-Jack Highway

1955

Filmography

2002	Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes	Self (archive footage)
1963	My Wife's Husband	Teacher (uncredited)
1940	Sur le plancher des vaches	L'instructeur de vol (uncredited)
1937	Le cœur dispose
1934	Fedora	Un soldat

Directing, Writing & Producing

1982	William the Conqueror	Director
1980	Jean-Sans-Terre	Director
1979	Les Insulaires	Director, Writer
1975	The Pirates of the Pacific	Director
1975	Treasure Island	Director
1974	Gross Paris	Screenplay, Director
1972	A Loser	Director
1969	Under the Sign of the Bull	Writer, Director
1968	The Man in the Buick	Director, Writer
1965	Operation Double Cross	Director, Screenplay
1965	How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning	Director
1964	That Tender Age	Director
1963	My Wife's Husband	Director
1963	Maigret Sees Red	Director
1963	The Trip to Biarritz	Director
1962	The Gentleman from Epsom	Writer, Director
1961	The Counterfeiters of Paris	Director, Writer
1960	The Old Guard	Director
1959	125 rue Montmartre	Director, Writer
1959	The Magnificent Tramp	Director
1958	The Night Affair	Director
1958	Three Days to Live	Screenplay, Director
1958	Not Delivered	Director
1957	Speaking of Murder	Director
1957	Reproduction interdite	Director, Screenplay
1956	Blood to the Head	Director, Screenplay
1955	Hi-Jack Highway	Director, Writer
1955	Spring, Autumn and Love	Director
1954	April Fools' Day	Director
1954	Trust Me!	Director
1953	Rhine Virgin	Director
1953	Jeunes mariés	Director
1952	Jupiter	Director
1952	Love, Madame	Director
1951	The Prettiest Sin in the World	Director
1951	Les Petites Cardinal	Director
1951	The Straw Lover	Director
1950	L'homme de joie	Director
1950	Les femmes sont folles	Director, Writer
1950	Au P'tit Zouave	Director
1950	Amédée	Director
1950	Love and Companionship	Director
1949	Jo la Romance	Director
1948	Métier de fous	Writer
1948	Femme sans passé	Director
1948	By the Window	Director
1947	Danger of Death	Director
1947	Rendezvous in Paris	Director
1947	History of Singing	Director
1946	Thirty and Forty	Director
1946	Driving Lesson	Director
1946	L'Aventure de Cabassou	Director
1945	The Black Rider	Director
1943	Adémaï bandit d'honneur	Director

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