About
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...
Known for
UnfaithfulMovie • 2002
MinotaurMovie • 2026
Chez MaupassantSeries • 2007
BreathlessMovie • 1960
La CérémonieMovie • 1995
Madame BovaryMovie • 1991
The Unfaithful WifeMovie • 1969
TormentMovie • 1994
This Man Must DieMovie • 1969
AnimalMovie • 1977
The ButcherMovie • 1970
BettyMovie • 1992
Story of WomenMovie • 1988
The CousinsMovie • 1959
A Girl Cut in TwoMovie • 2007
The Flower of EvilMovie • 2003
The Champagne MurdersMovie • 1967
Wedding in BloodMovie • 1973
The Day of the CrowsMovie • 2012
L'été en pente douceMovie • 1987
Gainsbourg: A Heroic LifeMovie • 2010
The Other Side of the WindMovie • 2018
Innocents with Dirty HandsMovie • 1975
The Color of LiesMovie • 1999