---
name: "Patrick Grandperret"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-grandperret"
fi1m_id: "patrick-grandperret"
imdb_id: "nm0334924"
tmdb_id: 54358
wikidata_id: "Q784650"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 October 1946"
died: "9 March 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:00:30.895683+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Patrick Grandperret

## Identity

Patrick Grandperret

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-grandperret
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patrick-grandperret
- **IMDb ID:** nm0334924
- **TMDB ID:** 54358
- **Wikidata ID:** Q784650
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Grandperret, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54358

Producer. Born 24 October 1946 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. Died 9 March 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 October 1946, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France
- **Died:** 9 March 2019
- **Active:** 1980–2000
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 2000s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Grandperret, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54358

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Beau Travail*](https://film.one/film/beau-travail.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Patrick Grandperret (1946–2019) was a French director, screenwriter, producer and assistant director. Born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, he began in photography before working as an assistant director on films including Claude Goretta’s *The Lacemaker* (1977), Maurice Pialat’s *Graduate First* (1978) and *Loulou* (1980), and others.

He directed his first feature, *Court circuits*, in 1981 and followed it with *Mona et moi* (1989), which received the Prix Jean-Vigo. Later features include the African-set *L’Enfant lion* (1992) and *Le Maître des éléphants* (1995). He also produced Claire Denis’s *Beau Travail* (1999) and worked extensively in television.

Grandperret died in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on 9 March 2019.

*Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, leparisien.fr, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Beau Travail* (2000), Fi1m 86, Producer, Underwater Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/beau-travail.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Loulou* (1980), Fi1m 80, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/loulou.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fui banquero* (2016), Director
- *Victor Sauvage* (2010), series, Creator
- *Sécurité Intérieure* (2007), series, Creator
- *Mon ami, tout va à la décharge* (2006), Cinematography
- *Murderers* (2006), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
- *Clara's Summer* (2004), Director
- *Mischka* (2002), as Jane's Father
- *Beau Travail* (2000), Underwater Camera, Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/beau-travail.md)
- *Inca de Oro* (1997), Director
- *Les Victimes* (1996), Director, Screenplay
- *Le Maître des éléphants* (1995), Writer, Director
- *I Can't Sleep* (1994), as Director
- *T.O.B. (tête d'oeuf bouilli)* (1994), as Photographe
- *The Lion Child* (1993), Director, Producer
- *De force avec d'autres* (1993), as Le psychanaliste
- *Morasseix!!!* (1993), Producer
- *Mona and I* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Quand je serai jeune* (1988), Editor
- *La douce* (1988), Producer
- *The Photograph* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Short Circuit* (1981), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Loulou* (1980), Assistant Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/loulou.md)
- *Swimming Instructor* (1979), Assistant Director
- *Graduate First* (1978), Assistant Director
- *The Lacemaker* (1977), Assistant Director
- *Police Commissioner Moulin* (1976), series, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Un certain regard Award 2006: Un certain regard Award (won)
- Prix Jean Vigo 1989: Prix Jean Vigo (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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