Grangier, Gilles

(May 5, 191I, Paris, France - April 27, 1996, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   He started out as an extra. A good horseman, he became an equestrian stuntman and then an actor (1934 Fédora, Louis Gasnier; 1935 L'Homme à l'Oreille cassée, Robert Boudrioz). An assistant director for ten years (1936 Le Cœur disposeF also actor, Georges Lacombe; 1937 Désiré, Sacha Guitry; Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge, Richard Pottier; 1938 Trois Artilleurs en Vadrouille, René Pujol; Un Fichu Métier, Pierre-Jean Du-cis; Un de la Canebière, René Pujol; Deux de la Réserve, René Pujol; 1939 Les Trois Valses / USA: Three WaltzesF Ludwig Berger; Les Gangsters du Château d'If, René Pujol; 1940 Sur le Plancher des Vaches / Le Plancher des Vaches, Pierre-Jean Ducis; 1942 Monsieur la Souris / USA: Midnight in Paris, Georges Lacombe; 1943 Le Camion blanc, Léo Joannon; 1944 Florence est folle, Georges Lacombe), he made his directing debut after Jacques Becker abandoned the shooting of Adémai Bandit d'Honneur. Other credit (as screenwriter): 1948 Métier de Fous (as co-screenwriter, André Hune-belle). Autobiographies: 1977 Flash-Back (Les Presses de la Cité); 1989 Passé la loire, c'est l'Aventure (inter­views with François Guérif, Terrain-Vague).

 Filmography

1943 ◘ Adémai Bandit d'Honneur

        ◘ Le Cavalier noir Trente et Quarante

        ◘ Leçon de Conduite L'Aventure de Cabassou

        ◘ Histoire de chanter Rendez-vous à Paris Danger de Mort

        ◘ Par la Fenêtre Femme sans Passé

        ◘ Jo la Romance

        ◘ Amour et Cie Amédée (as co-adapter)

        ◘ Au P'tit Zouave

        ◘ Les Femmes sont folles (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ L'Homme de Joie

1951 ◘ L'Amant de Paille

        ◘ Les Petites Cardinal

        ◘ Le plus joli Péché du Monde

1952 ◘ L'Amour, Madame

        ◘ Jupiter ou Douze Heures de Bonheur

        ◘ Jeunes Mariés / Sposata ieri (France / Italy)

        ◘ La Vierge du Rhin

        ◘ Faites-moi Confiance (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Foisson d'Avril (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Printemps, l'Automne et l'Amour / La corrida dei mariti (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Gas-Oil / USA: Hi-Jack Highway / Gas-Oil (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Sang à la Tête (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Reproduction interdite / US TV: The Schemer (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Rouge est mis / UK and USA: Speaking of Murder (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1958 ◘ Echec au Porteur / UK and USA: Not Delivered (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Trois Jours à vivre (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Désordre et la Nuit / USA: The Night Affair (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1959 ◘ Archimède et le Clochard / UK: Archimede the tramp / USA: The Magnificent Tramp (also co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ 125, Rue Montmartre (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Affreux (Gilles Grangier directed a few scenes; Marc Allégret)

        ◘ Les Vieux de la Veille / Gli allegri veterani / UK: The Old Guard (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Le Cave se rebiffe / Il re dei falsari / UK: The Counterfeiters / USA: Money Money Money / The Counterfeiters of Paris (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Le Gentleman d'Epsom / Les Grands Seigneurs / Il re delle corse / UK: Duke of the Derby / USA: The Gentleman from Epsom (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Le Voyage à Biarritz (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Maigret voit rouge / Maigret e i Gangsters (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ La Cuisine au Beurre / La cucina al burro / UK and USA: My Wife's Husband (also uncredited actor; France / Italy)

        ◘ L'Age ingrat (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Bons Vivants / Un Grand Seigneur / Per favore chiudete le persiane / UK: High Lifers / USA: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning / US TV: Keep the Red Light Burning (segments "La Fer­meture", "Le Procès"; France / Italy)

        ◘ Train d'Enfer / Danger dimensione morte / Trampa bajo el sol / US TV: Operation Dou­ble Cross (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy / Spain)

        ◘ Une Cigarette pour un Ingénu (unfinished)

        ◘ L'Homme à la Buick (also screenwriter, adapter; shot in 1966)

        ◘ Sous le Signe du Taureau (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1972 ◘ Un Cave (also co-adapter, dialogist)

1974 ◘ Gross Paris (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

 Television Filmography

1967 ◘ Max le Débonnaire (episode "Un Petit Jules")

        ◘ Les Enquêteurs associés (episode "La Mort d'une Louve")

        ◘ Quentin Durward (7 X 55')

        ◘ Les Mohicans de Paris (26 X 15')

        ◘ Deux Ans de Vacances / Zwei Jahren Ferien (France / Romania / Belgium / Switzerland / West Germany)

        ◘ Insula comorilor (co-director with Sergiu Nico-laescu; Romania / West Germany)

        ◘ Piratii din Pacific (co-director with Sergiu Nico-laescu; Romania / West Germany)

1977 ◘ Ne le dites pas avec des Roses (26 X 13')

        ◘ Banlieue Sud-Est (TV miniseries)

1979 ◘ Les Insulaires (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Histoires de Voyous (episode "L'Elégant"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Histoires insolites (episode "Le Locataire d'en haut"; also co-screenwriter)

1980 ◘ Jean-Sans-Terre (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ L'Aéropostale, Courrier du Ciel (6 X 80')

1982 ◘ Les Brigades vertes

        ◘ Guillaume le Conquérant / Wilhelm Cucerotorul / Cucerirea Angliei / USA: William the Conqueror (6 X 52'; co-director with Sergiu Nicolaescu; France / Romania / Switzerland)

1985 ◘ Brigade verte (8 X 52'; co-director only)