Biography for
Claude Chabrol More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

24 June 1930, Paris, France

Date of Death

12 September 2010, Paris, France

Mini Biography

French film director considered a master in the mystery genre. He is credited with starting the "nouvelle vague" French film movement.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel

Spouse

Aurore Chabrol	(1981 - 12 September 2010) (his death) 1 child
Stéphane Audran	(1964 - 1980) (divorced) 1 child
Agnès Goute	(26 June 1952 - 1964) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

Father of Thomas Chabrol and Matthieu Chabrol.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 194-199. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Between 1978 and 1980 made commercials for Mamie Nova, R5, Gueule d'Amour and Franco Russe.

Was a critic for Cahiers du Cinéma in the 50s.

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2000.

He studied pharmacology at the University of Paris, before going into film-making.

Personal Quotes

"I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest." (1971 interview with Roger Ebert)

Nous vivons une époque où les pizzas arrivent plus vite que la police - We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police

There is no new wave, only the sea.