FILM DIRECTOR

Gilles Grangier

1911 - 1996

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Gilles Grangier is the 1,241st most popular film director (down from 1,234th in 2024), the 4,817th most popular biography from France (down from 4,755th in 2019) and the 140th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gilles Grangier ranks 1,241 out of 2,041. Before him are Férid Boughedir, Mario Mattoli, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Kurt Hoffmann, Monte Hellman, and Jiří Weiss. After him are Robert Kramer, Frank Pierson, George Fitzmaurice, Volodymyr Dakhno, J. Searle Dawley, and Francesco Maselli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Gilles Grangier ranks 332. Before him are Eduard Kainberger, Ekrem Akurgal, Sufia Kamal, Arvid Thörn, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, and Näcip Cihanov. After him are Gypsy Rose Lee, Paul Grégoire, John Gorton, Ellsworth Vines, Jesse Carver, and Matti Lähde. Among people deceased in 1996, Gilles Grangier ranks 277. Before him are Oswald Szemerényi, Hamlet Mkhitaryan, McLean Stevenson, William Colby, Guy Madison, and Ivan Jazbinšek. After him are Mavuba Mafuila, Viktor Konovalenko, Henri Lepage, Rafaela Aparicio, Christine Pascal, and Franz Pfnür.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gilles Grangier ranks 4,817 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Devendeville (1882), Philippe Gondet (1942), James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673), Sébastien Chabal (1977), Marcel Mouloudji (1922), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968). After him are Christian Estrosi (1955), Gilles Kepel (1955), Michel Deguy (1930), Bérénice Marlohe (1979), François Mazet (1943), and George Fitzmaurice (1885).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Gilles Grangier ranks 140. Before him are Francis Girod (1944), Denys de La Patellière (1921), Raymond Depardon (1942), Marc Caro (1956), Alain Jessua (1932), and Alain Guiraudie (1964). After him are George Fitzmaurice (1885), Jacques Rouffio (1928), Laurent Cantet (1961), Christian de Chalonge (1937), Arnaud Desplechin (1960), and Pierre Morel (1964).

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