Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

466 • GRAS, MARCEL
also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Belgium
/ Switzerland / Czech Republic)
GRAS, MARCEL (1911, France–)
Filmography
1936 Aux Jardins de Murcie / USA: Heritage (codirector
with Max Joly; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer)
GRASSET, JEAN-PIERRE (July 29, 1951, Paris,
France–March 6, 2001, France)
A former reporter and photographer (1975–1978),
he directed his fi rst feature fi lm in 1983. Other credit
(as cinematographer): 2001 Profi t & Nothing But! Or
Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle (medium-length,
Raoul Peck, France / Belgium / Haiti).
Filmography
1987 Ubac (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist;
shot in 1983)
2001 Lokarri (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)
GRASSET, PIERRE (Pierre Grattard / 1921,
France–)
An actor seen mostly in gangster movies (1955 Du
Rifi fi chez les Hommes / UK and USA: Rifi fi , Jules Dassin,
France / Italy; Série noire / USA: The Infi ltrator, Pierre
Foucaud; 1956 Mémoires d’un Flic, Pierre Foucaud; 1959
Deux Hommes dans Manhattan, Jean-Pierre Melville; La
Valse du Gorille, uncredited, Bernard Borderie; 1961 Me
faire ça à moi . . . / UK and USA: It Means That Much to
Me, Pierre Grimblat; Mani in alto / En pleine Bagarre /
International Strip-Tease / USA: Destination Fury, Giorgio
Bianchi, Italy / France; 1966 Le Deuxième Souffl e / UK
and USA: Second Breath, Jean-Pierre Melville; 1973
L’Héritier / L’erede / UK: The Inheritor, Philippe Labro,
France / Italy), he directed a fi lm noir.
Filmography
1975 Quand la Ville s’éveille (also screenwriter, dialogist,
actor)
GRASSIAN, DOLORÈS (1926, Istanbul, Turkey–)
Having arrived in France at age thirteen, she became
a painter. In 1959, she exhibited her works in Rome.
Married to documentary director Mario Ruspoli, she
was his assistant (1961 Regards sur la Folie, documentary,
medium-length, Mario Ruspoli). Other credit
(as co-screenwriter): 1986 Noël au Congo (Patrick
Gandery-Réty).
Filmography
1966 La Surface perdue (also screenwriter)
Contacts (also screenwriter)
1975 Le Futur aux Trousses (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1977 Le Dernier Baiser (also co-screenwriter, distributor)
Television Filmography
1984 Un Homme va être assassiné
GRAZIANI, FRÉDÉRIC (July 12, 1960, Paris,
France–)
Having trained as an actor at the Actors’ Studio with
Jack Garfein, he made his stage debut in a show directed
by Robert Hossein. He played in movies (1983
Coup de Foudre / UK: At First Sight / Between Us / USA:
Entre nous, Diane Kurys; 1989 Baptême, René Féret,
France / Belgium; Le Passage des Sangliers, short, Rémy
Bernard; 1990 Epreuve d’Artiste, short, Rémy Bernard;
1992 Promenades d’Eté, René Féret; 1994 Le Fils préféré,
René Féret; 1996 Moussa, short, Cheikh N’Diaye;
1997 Juste au-dessus des Lois, short, Sauveur Meslati,
Mselati; 1998 Chapeau bas, short, Hervé Lozac’h;
La Surface de Réparation, short, Valérie Muller; 1999
Sous-sols, short, Jérôme Le Maire; 2002 Cellule, Valérie
Muller; 2005 Les Hommes s’en souviendront, short,
Valérie Muller) and TV (1989 Le Retour d’Arsène Lupin,
episode “La Robe de Diamants,” Nicolas Ribowski;
1995 Panne de Pointeuse, short, Philippe Dorison; 2003
Central Nuit, episode “La Loi des Affranchis,” Didier
Delaître; 2004 Fargas, episode “Meurtre sans Intention”;
2006 Une Femme d’Honneur, episode “Une Erreur
de Jeunesse,” Michaël Perrotta; 2007 C’est votre
Histoire, docu-fi ction, Philippe Lefebvre). Other credit
(as producer): 1999 La Vieille Barrière (short, Lyèce
Boukhitine).
Filmography
1983 Entrez je vous en prie (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, producer, actor)
1994 Naissances (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer, actor)
1997 Bonne Pioche (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
producer, actor)
2004 Le Cadeau d’Eléna / USA: Elena’s Gift (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor; France /
UK)
GRAZIANI, HENRI (May 18, 1930, Rabat, Morocco–)