Grandperret, Patrick

(October 24, 1946, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France - )

   Having graduated from the ESSEC in 1969, he took part in the Kawasaki motorcycle racing cup (1972-1973) and then produced and directed documentary shorts and feature films (La Coupe Kawasaki; Regards sur Jean-Pierre Beltoise; Première à Villeneuve sur Lot). He successively was a still photographer (1973 Bel Ordure, Jean Marboeuf; 1975 La Fille du Garde-Barrière), second assistant director (1976 Le Voyage de Noces, Nadine Trintignant), first assistant director (1977 La Dentellière / Die Spitzenklopperin / USA: The Lacemaker, Claude Goretta, France / Switzerland / West Germany; 1979 Le Maître-Nageur, Jean-Louis Trintignant; Passe ton bac d'abord / UK and USA: Graduate First, Maurice Pialat; 1980 Loulou, Maurice Pialat; Deux Lions au Soleil, also delegate producer, Claude Faraldo; 1984 Frevel, Peter Fleischmann, West Germany / France), editor (1986 Quand je serai jeune, short, Yann Dedet), producer (1986 La Photo / I Photographia, Nico Papatakis, France / Greece; 1990 Dette de Jeux, short, Stéphane Caruel; Frères de Sang, short, Pierre Hanau; La Malette noire, short, André Prevot; Trois Fois rien, short, Guil­laume de Seille; Trois Années, as executive producer, Fabrice Cazeneuve; La Vie des Morts, medium-length, as executive producer, Arnaud Desplechin; 1991 Une Vie rêvée, short, Ida Palomba; 1993 Morasseix!!!, TV, also actor, producer, underwater camera operator, Damien Odoul; 1994 Cinq à sec, short, Jacky Katu; 1997 Des Souvenirs vagues, short, Philippe Rony; 1999 Beau Travail also camera operator, Claire Denis), actor (1993 De Force avec d'Autres, Simon Reggiani; 1994 J'ai pas Sommeil / UK: I Can't Sleep / USA: I'm Not Sleepy, Claire Denis; 2002 MischkaF Jean-François Stévenin), camera operator (2000 Des Morceaux de ma Femme, short, Frédéric Pelle), and cinematographer (2000 La Nuit des Indiens, short, Georges Zsiga; 2006 Mon Ami, tout va à la Décharge, short, Yvonne Kerouedan).

 Filmography

1974 ◘ Regards sur J.P.B. (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1977 ◘ Le Crime de Monsieur Marcel (short; also screenwriter)

1981 ◘ Courts Circuits (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

1990 ◘ Mona et moi (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1993 ◘ L'Enfant Lion (also co-producer; shot in 1990-1991)

        ◘ Le Maître des Eléphants (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Victimes (also co-screenwriter)

2000 ◘ L'Air et le Feu (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Viens mon Ange (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Révolution (also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Partenaires (also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ La Conteuse (also screenwriter, cinematographer)

2006 ◘ Meurtrières (also co-screenwriter, camera op­erator, cinematographer)

 Television Filmography

1997 ◘ Inca de Oro

1999 ◘ Couleur Havane (also co-screenwriter)

2002 ◘ Clara cet Eté là

2004 ◘ Commissaire Valence (episode "L'Amour d'un Flic")

2005 ◘ Commissaire Valence (episodes "Le Môme", "Vengeances")

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episode "Affaires de Fa­mille")