Claude Chabrol

Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French movie director. He was a member of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) group of filmmakers. He became popular at the end of the 1950s. Chabrol was born in Sardent, France.

Like his colleagues Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, Chabrol was a critic for the influential movie magazine Cahiers du cinéma.

Chabrol died on 12 September 2010 in Paris, France, aged 80.

References

Other websites

Biography on newwavefilm.com
Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database 
Interview with Chabrol on La Cérémonie 

Surfer on the New Wave – Interview with Chabrol from 2001

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