From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edmond T. GrĂ©ville (real name Edmond GrĂ©ville Thonger, 20 June 1906 Nice â 26 May 1966, Nice) was a French film director. The son of Franco-British parents, his father a Protestant pastor, GrĂ©ville began his career as a film journalist and critic. In parallel with a few acting performances in some silent films and in the first talkie of RenĂ© Clair, Sous les toits de Paris (1930), he directed his first short films. His first experienceâŠ
