Claude Chabrol
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 24, 1930, Paris, France
- Died
- September 12, 2010
- Movies
- 168
Claude Chabrol (24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues and contemporaries Godard, Truffaut, Rohmer and Rivette, Chabrol was a critic for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma before beginning his career as a film maker.
Chabrol's career began with Le Beau Serge (1958), inspired by Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Thrillers became something of a trademark for Chabrol, with an approach characterized by a distanced objectivity. This is especially apparent in Les Biches (1968), La Femme Infidèle (1969) and Le Boucher (1970) — all featuring his then-wife, Stéphane Audran.
Sometimes characterized as a "mainstream" New Wave director, Chabrol remained prolific and popular throughout his half-century career. In 1978, he cast Isabelle Huppert as the lead in Violette Nozière. On the strength of that effort, the pair went on to others including the successful Madame Bovary (1991) and La Ceremonie (1996).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2009 | Bellamy | Screenplay, Director |
| 2008 | Le Petit Fût | Director |
| 2007 | A Girl Cut in Two | Director, Writer |
| 2007 | The Necklace | Director |
| 2006 | Comedy of Power | Screenplay, Director |
| 2004 | The Bridesmaid | Screenplay, Director |
| 2003 | The Flower of Evil | Screenplay, Director |
| 2001 | Coup de vice | Director |
| 2000 | Nightcap | Screenplay, Director |
| 1999 | The Color of Lies | Writer, Director |
| 1997 | The Swindle | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | Troubles | Writer |
| 1995 | La Cérémonie | Writer, Director |
| 1994 | Torment | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | The Eye of Vichy | Director |
| 1992 | Betty | Director, Screenplay |
| 1991 | The King of Ads | Director |
| 1991 | Madame Bovary | Screenplay, Director |
| 1990 | Dr. M | Director |
| 1990 | Quiet Days in Clichy | Screenplay, Director |
| 1988 | Story of Women | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | The Cry of the Owl | Screenplay, Director |
| 1987 | Masks | Screenplay, Director |
| 1986 | Inspector Lavardin | Director, Writer |
| 1985 | Cop au Vin | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Director |
| 1983 | Elective Affinities | Director |
| 1982 | M the Damned | Director |
| 1982 | The Hatter's Ghost | Director, Writer |
| 1982 | La Danse de mort | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | The Horse of Pride | Director |
| 1979 | La boucle d'oreille | Director |
| 1979 | Jeunesse et Spiritualité : Cyprien Katsaris | Director |
| 1978 | Monsieur Saint-Saëns | Writer, Director |
| 1978 | Violette Nozière | Screenplay, Director |
| 1978 | Blood Relatives | Screenplay, Director |
| 1977 | Alice or the Last Escapade | Writer, Director |
| 1976 | The Twist | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | De Grey, un Récit romanesque | Director |
| 1975 | Death Rite | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | Innocents with Dirty Hands | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | A Piece of Pleasure | Director |
| 1974 | An Invitation to the Hunt | Director |
| 1974 | The Summer People | Director |
| 1974 | Monsieur Bébé | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Nul n'est parfait | Director |
| 1974 | The Nada Gang | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | Wedding in Blood | Screenplay, Director |
| 1972 | Scoundrel in White | Director |
| 1971 | Ten Days' Wonder | Director |
| 1971 | Just Before Nightfall | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | The Breach | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | The Butcher | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | This Man Must Die | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | The Unfaithful Wife | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | 13 Days in France | Producer |
| 1968 | Les Biches | Screenplay, Director |
| 1967 | The Road to Corinth | Director |
| 1967 | The Champagne Murders | Director |
| 1966 | Line of Demarcation | Director, Writer |
| 1965 | Our Agent Tiger | Director |
| 1965 | The Blue Panther | Writer, Director |
| 1965 | La Muette | Director |
| 1965 | Six in Paris | Director, Writer |
| 1964 | Code Name: Tiger | Director |
| 1964 | Chance at Love | Director |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Ophélia | Screenplay, Director |
| 1963 | Bluebeard | Director |
| 1962 | Sign of the Lion | Producer |
| 1962 | The Third Lover | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | Greed | Director |
| 1961 | Wise Guys | Screenplay, Director |
| 1960 | The Love Game | Producer |
| 1960 | Les Bonnes Femmes | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | À double tour | Director |
| 1959 | The Cousins | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1959 | Le Beau Serge | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 1956 | Fool’s Mate | Screenplay, Producer |
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