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Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

Highest Rated: 100% The Color of Lies (1999)

Lowest Rated: 50% Unfaithful (2002)

Birthday: Jun 24, 1930

Birthplace: Sardent, France

A founding father of French New Wave cinema, director Claude Chabrol's fascination with genre films, and the detective drama in particular, fueled a lengthy and celebrated string of thrillers, including "Les Bonnes Femmes" (1959), "Les Biches" (1968), La Femme Infidèle" (1968) and "Que la bête meure" (1969), which explored the human heart under extreme emotional duress. Chabrol began as a contributor to the celebrated film magazine Cahiers du Cinema alongside such film legends as Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard before launching his directorial career in 1957. He quickly established himself as a versatile filmmaker whose innate understanding of genre tropes informed the complex triangular relationships at the center of many of his films, which frequently served as a prism through which commentary on class conflict could be obliquely addressed. Chabrol's mordant sense of humor and penchant for violent scenarios were alternately embraced and rejected by moviegoers over the course of his five-decade career, but the talent he displayed in depicting these dark deeds, as well as his status among the pantheon of French New Wave cinema, underscored his significance as one of his native country's most prolific and wickedly gifted craftsmen.

Highest rated movies

100% 76% Handsome Serge
76% 70% Six in Paris
73% 68% Gainsbourg

Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% 62% My Journey Through French Cinema Himself (Voice) $52.1K 2016
No Score Yet 79% The Day of the Crows Le docteur (Voice) - 2012
73% 68% Gainsbourg Le producteur musique (Character) $230.3K 2011
89% 37% Inspector Bellamy Director,
Screenwriter
$105.9K 2009
73% 37% A Girl Cut in Two Director,
Writer
$409.7K 2007
No Score Yet 60% Avida Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani Self - 2007
82% 45% Comedy of Power Director,
Writer
$78.9K 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cinema Goes to Dinner Unknown (Character) - 2005
93% 59% The Bridesmaid Director,
Writer
$111.1K 2004
65% 49% The Flower of Evil Director,
Screenwriter
$181.8K 2003
50% 68% Unfaithful Writer $52.8M 2002
84% 67% Nightcap Director,
Writer
$443.2K 2000
100% 57% The Color of Lies Director,
Writer
- 1999
71% 49% The Swindle Director,
Writer
$245.4K 1997
94% 87% A Judgment in Stone Director,
Writer
$670.7K 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Son of Gascogne Self - 1995
100% 74% Hell Director - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Eye of Vichy Director - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits Self - 1993
No Score Yet 62% L'oeil De Vichy Director - 1993
92% 58% Betty Director - 1992
63% 60% Madame Bovary Director,
Writer
$1.9M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quiet Days in Clichy Director,
Writer
- 1990
No Score Yet 38% Dr. M Director - 1990
85% 78% Story of Women Director - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Women's Affair Director - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alouette, je te plumerai Pierre Vergne (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 38% The Cry of the Owl Director,
Screenwriter
- 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet L'Ete en Pente Douce The priest (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Summer on a Soft Slope The priest (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 68% Masks Director,
Writer
- 1986
No Score Yet 54% Inspector Lavardin Director,
Writer
- 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Je Haïs les Acteurs Lieberman (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 54% Cop au vin Director,
Writer
- 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Polar Théodore Lyssenko (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 38% The Blood of Others Director - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet La danse de mort Director - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Les Affinités Électives Director - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Heels Director - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Le cheval d'orgueil Director - 1980
80% 67% Violette Director - 1978
No Score Yet 55% Stuntwoman Le metteur en scène (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Animal Le metteur en scène (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice or the Last Escapade Director,
Screenwriter
- 1977
No Score Yet 53% Blood Relatives Director - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Twist Director - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Rite (Les magiciens) Director - 1976
No Score Yet 48% Dirty Hands Director - 1975
63% 61% Pleasure Party Director - 1975
No Score Yet 59% Nada Director - 1974
88% 64% Wedding in Blood Director,
Writer
- 1973
60% 37% Ten Days' Wonder Director - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Heels Director - 1972
No Score Yet 81% Just Before Nightfall Director,
Writer
- 1971
100% 84% The Butcher Director,
Writer
- 1970
No Score Yet 75% The Breach Director - 1970
100% 79% This Man Must Die Director,
Writer
- 1969
79% 67% Les Biches Director - 1968
80% 82% The Unfaithful Wife Director - 1968
No Score Yet 31% Who's Got the Black Box Unknown (Character),
Director
- 1968
No Score Yet 67% The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Director - 1967
No Score Yet 44% The Champagne Murders Director - 1967
76% 70% Six in Paris The father (Character),
Director
$13.9K 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blue Panther Director - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hard Boiled Ones Unknown (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ophélia Director - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bluebeard Director - 1963
No Score Yet 70% Bluebeard Director - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Seven Cardinal Sins Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Joker Co-Producer - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Les godelureaux Director - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Third Lover Director - 1961
78% 79% The Good Girls Director,
Writer
$6.6K 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Les jeux de l'amour Producer - 1960
No Score Yet 78% The Sign of Leo Producer - 1960
80% 66% Web of Passion Director - 1959
94% 81% The Cousins Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1959
95% 90% Breathless Production Design,
Technical Advisor
$47.1K 1959
100% 76% Handsome Serge La Truffe (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1958
No Score Yet 56% Fool's Mate Un invité de la surprise-partie (Character),
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Kreutzer Sonata Cameo (Character) - 1956