Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

462 • GRANGE, PIERRE
Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. A fi lm director
since 1993, he previously served as a fi rst assistant
director (1992 Treasure Island / L’Île au Trésor, Raoul
Ruiz, France / Portugal, shot in 1986). Other credit
(as actor): 2005 There Is No Direction (documentary,
short, Sarah Bertrand).
Filmography
1993 Gert Jan Theunisse (documentary)
1999 Sombre (also screenwriter, camera operator)
2002 La Vie nouvelle (also co-screenwriter, camera
operator)
2008 Un Lac (also screenwriter, dialogist)
GRANGE, PIERRE (April 9, 1961, France–)
A cinematographer (1990 Bal perdu, Daniel Benoît;
2000 L’Art de vivre, Maria Audras), novelist (Le Virus
partout dans mon Corps), and playwright (Petit Précis de
Gastronomie à l’Usage des Tyrans; La Nuit), he made his
directing debut in 1995.
Filmography
1995 En Mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
2001 Phi & Illys Box (short; also screenwriter)
GRANGIER, GILLES (May 5, 1911, 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 dispose, 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 Ducis;
Un de la Canebière, René Pujol; Deux de la Réserve,
René Pujol; 1939 Les Trois Valses / USA: Three Waltzes,
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 Adémaï
Bandit d’Honneur. Other credit (as screenwriter):
1948 Métier de Fous (as co-screenwriter, André Hunebelle).
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 Adémaï Bandit d’Honneur
1945 Le Cavalier noir
Trente et Quarante
1946 Leçon de Conduite
L’Aventure de Cabassou
1947 Histoire de chanter
Rendez-vous à Paris
Danger de Mort
1948 Par la Fenêtre
Femme sans Passé
1949 Jo la Romance
1950 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
1953 Jeunes Mariés / Sposata ieri (France / Italy)
La Vierge du Rhin
1954 Faites-moi Confi ance (also co-adapter)
Poisson d’Avril (also co-adapter)
1955 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)
1956 Le Sang à la Tête (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1957 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, coadapter)
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 Magnifi cent Tramp (also coadapter;
France / Italy)
125, Rue Montmartre (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
Les Affreux (Gilles Grangier directed a few
scenes; Marc Allégret)