Claude Chabrol | |
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Chabrol in 2008 | |
| Born | Claude Henri Jean Chabrol 24 June 1930 Sardent, France |
| Died | 12 September 2010 (aged 80) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | director, actor, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1956–2010 |
| 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.
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