Claude Chabrol

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Claude Chabrol
Chabrol in 2008
Born
Claude Henri Jean Chabrol

(1930-06-24)24 June 1930
Sardent, France
Died12 September 2010(2010-09-12) (aged 80)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)director, actor, producer, screenwriter
Years active1956–2010
Spouse(s)Agnès Goute (1956–62) (div.)
Stéphane Audran (1964–80) (div.)
Aurore Paquiss (1983–2010) (his death)

Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (French: [klod ʃabʁɔl]; 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.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. Thursby, Keith (13 September 2010), "Claude Chabrol, 1930–2010: Filmmaker was a founder of New Wave movement", Los Angeles Times: AA5

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