Claude Chabrol Biography (1930-)

Born June 24, 1930, in Paris, France; son of Yves and Madeleine (Delarbre) Chabrol; married Agnes Marie-Madeleine Goute, June 26, 1952 (divorced); marriedColette Dacheville (an actress, under name Stephane Audran), December 4, 1964 (marriage ended); married Aurore Pajot; children: (first marriage) Jean-Yves, Mathieu; (second marriage) Thomas. Career: Director, writer, and actor. Cahiers du Cinema, film critic, 1953-57; Twentieth Century-Fox, Paris, France, public relations director, 1955; Ajym Films (production company), president, 1956-61. Awards, Honors: Silver Sail Award, best director, Locarno Film Festival, 1958, and Prix Jean Vigo, best short film, 1959, both for Le Beau Serge; Golden Berlin Bear Award, Berlin International Film Festival, 1959, for Les Cousins; Bodil Award, best European film,Bodil Festival, 1969, for Le Boucher; Golden Berlin Bear Award nomination, 1973, for Les Noces Rouges; Cesar Award nomination, best director, France's Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema, 1988, for Une Affaire de Femmes; Cesar Award nominations, best director and best French film, and Golden Lion Award nomination, Venice Film Festival, all 1995, for LaCeremonie; Golden Seashell Award and Silver Seashell Award, best director, San Sebastian International Film Festival, and Grand Jury Prize nomination, Los Angeles International Film Festival, all 1997, for Rien ne Va Plus; Golden Berlin Bear Award nomination, 1999, for Au Coeur du Mensonge. Addresses: Office: 15 Quai Conti, 75006 Paris, France.; Contact: c/o VMA, 40 rue Francois, 75008 Paris, France.

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor
Birth Details: June 24, 1930; Paris, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, Except Where Indicated
Producer, Le Coup de Berger, 1956
(And producer) Le Beau Serge (also known as Bitter Reunionand Handsome Serge), Ajym Films, 1958, released in the United States by United Motion Picture, 1959
(And producer) Les Cousins (also known as The Cousins), Ajym Films/Societe Francaise de Cinema, 1958, released in the United States by Films-around-the-World, 1959
Producer, Le Signe du Lion (also known as The Sign of Leo),1959
A Double Tour (also known as Web of Passion, Doppa Mandata, and Leda), Paris-Titanus, 1960, released in the United Statesby Times, 1961
Executive producer, Paris Nous Appartient (also known as ParisBelongs to Us and Paris Is Ours), Ajym Films/Films du Carrosse, 1960, released in the United States by Merlyn, 1962
Art director and technical advisor, A Bout de Souffle (also knownas Breathless), Societe Nouvelle de Cinema, 1960, released in the United States by Films-around-the-World, 1961
Les Bonnes Femmes (also known as The Girls, The Good Girls, and Donne Facili), Paris-Titanus, 1960, released in the UnitedStates by Harold Cornsweet, 1966
Producer, Les Jeux de l'Amour (also known as The Game of Love and The Love Game), 1960
Les Godelureaux, 1961
Supervisor, Ples v Dezju (also known as Dance in the Rain),1961
L'Oeil du Malin (also known as The Third Lover), Rome-ParisFilms, 1962, released in the United States by Atlantic, 1963
"L'Avarice" in Les Sept Peches Capitaux (also known as Seven Capital Sins, The Seven Deadly Sins, and I sette Pecati Capitali), Gibe/Franco- London/Titanus, 1962, released in the United States by Embassy, 1963
Landru (also known as Bluebeard), Rome-Paris Films, 1963, released in the United States by Embassy, 1963
Ophelia, Boreal Film, 1963, released in the United States by Trans-Lux Distributing, 1964
"Paris" in Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du Monde (also known as The Beautiful Swindlers, The World's Greatest Swindles, The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers, and Le Piu Belle Truffe del Mondo), 1964, released in the United States by Ellis/Continental Distributing, 1967
Le Tigre Aime la Chair Fraiche (also known as Code Name: Tiger and The Tiger Likes Fresh Blood), 1964
Director of linking sequences, La Chance et l'Amour, 1964
Le Tigre se Parfume a la Dynamite (also known as An Orchid forthe Tiger, The Tiger Uses Dynamite for Perfume, Le Tigre Profumata alla Dinamite, and El Tigre se Perfuma con Dinamita), 1965
Marie-Chantal contre le Docteur Kha (also known as Marie Chantal against Dr. Kha, Maria Chantal contra el Doctor Kha, and Marie Chantal contro il Dr. Kha), Rome-Paris Films/Dia/Mega and Magreb Unifilm, 1965
"La Muette" in Paris vu Par ... (also known as Six in Paris), Les Films du Losange, 1965, released in the United States by New Yorker, 1968
La Ligne de Demarcation (also known as The Line of Demarcation), Rome-Paris Films/Societe Nouvelle de Cinema, 1966
Technical adviser, Happening, 1966
Le Scandale (also known as The Champagne Murders), Universal France, 1967, released in the United States by Universal, 1968
La Route de Corinthe (also known as The Road to Corinth andWho's Got the Black Box?), Films la Boetie, 1967, released in the United States by RAF, 1970
Les Biches (also known as Bad Girls, The Does, The Girlfriends, and The Heterosexuals), Films la Boetie/Alexandra,1968, released in the United States by Jack H. Harris, 1968
La Femme Infidele (also known as The Unfaithful Wife), Films la Boetie/Cinegai, 1969, released in the United States by Allied Artists, 1969
Que la Bete Meure (also known as The Beast Must Die, Killer!, This Man Must Die, and Uccidero un Uomo), Films la Boetie/Rizzoli, 1969, released in the United States by Allied Artists, 1970
La Rupture (also known as The Breakup, All'ombra del Delitto, and Le Jour des Parques), Films la Boetie/Euro International/Cinevog, 1970
Le Boucher (also known as The Butcher and Il Tagliagole), Films la Boetie/Euro International, 1970, released in the United Statesby Cinerama, 1971
Technical adviser, Eglantine, CFDC/Union Generale Cinematographique, 1971
La Decade Prodigieuse (also known as Ten Days' Wonder), Films la Boetie, 1971, released in the United States by Levitt-Pickman, 1972
Juste avant la Nuit (also known as Just before Nightfall),Films la Boetie/Columbia/Cinegai, 1971, released in the United States by Libra, 1975
Docteur Popaul (also known as Doctor Popaul, High Heels, Scoundrel in White, and Trappola per un Lupo), CIC, 1972
Technical adviser, Piege a Pucelles, 1972
La Piege a Loup, 1972
Les Noces Rouges (also known as Red Wedding Night, Wedding in Blood, and L'Amico di Famiglia), Films la Boetie/Canaria Films, 1973, released in the United States by CIC, 1974
Une Partie de Plaisir (also known as Love Match, A Pieceof Pleasure, and Pleasure Party), Artificial Eye/Films la Boetie,1974
Nada (also known as The Nada Gang and Sterminate GruppoZero), Films la Boetie/Italian International Film, 1974, released in theUnited States by New Line Cinema, 1974
Les Innocents aux Mains Sales (also known as Dirty Hands, Innocents with Dirty Hands, Gli Innocenti dalli Mani Sporche, and Die Unschuldigen mit den Schmutzigen Haenden), Films la Boetie/New Line Cinema, 1975
Les Magiciens (also known as Death Rite, Initiation a laMorte, Profezia di un Delitto, and Die Schuldigen mit den Sauberen Haenden), 1976
Folies Bourgeoises (also known as The Twist, Twist, Pazzi Borghesi, and Die Verrueckten Reichen), Union General Cinematographique/Parafrance, 1976
Alice, ou la Derniere Fugue (also known as Alice and Alice, or the Last Escapade), Filmel/PHPG, 1976
Les Liens de Sang (also known as Blood Relatives and Blood Ties), Societe nouvelle de cinema, 1977
Violette Noziere (also known as Violette), Gaumont/New Yorker, 1978
Le Cheval d'Orgeuil (also known as Horse of Pride and The Proud Ones), Planfilm, 1979
Les Fantomes du Chapelier (also known as The Hatmaker and The Hatter's Ghost), Gaumont, 1982
Poulet au Vinaigre (also known as Cop au Vin), MK2/Virgin Vision, 1985
Inspecteur Lavardin (also known as Inspector Lavardin, andL'Inspecteur Lavardin ou la Justice), MK2/Artificial Eye, 1986
Le Cri du Hibou (also known as The Cry of the Owl), UnitedInternational, 1987
Masques (also known as Masks), Cannon Releasing/MK2, 1987
Une Affaire de Femmes (also known as Story of Women, Women's Affairs, and Women's Business), MK2, 1988, released in the United States by New Yorker, 1989
Docteur M. (also known as Club Extinction and Dr. M.), Prism Entertainment, 1990
Quiet Days in Clichy (also known as Giorni Felici a Clichy, Jours Tranquilles a Clichy, and Stille Tage in Clichy), 1990
Madame Bovary, Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
Betty, MK2, 1992
L'Oeil de Vichy (also known as The Eye of Vichy), 1993
L'Enfer (also known as Hell, Jealousy, and Torment), MK2, 1994
La Ceremonie (also known as The Ceremony, A Judgement inStone, Biester, and Blutiger Engel), MK2, 1995
Rien ne Va Plus (also known as The Swindle), New Yorker Films, 1997
Au Coeur du Mensonge (also known as The Color of Lies), MK2, 1999
Film Appearances
Les Jeux de l'Amour (also known as The Game of Love and The Love Game), 1959
Saint-Tropez Blues, 1960
Les Distractions, 1960
Man at party, Paris Nous Appartient (also known as Paris Belongs to Us and Paris Is Ours), Ajym Films/Films du Carrosse, 1960, released in the United States by Merlyn, 1962
Client in caf�, Les Bonnes Femmes (also known as The Girls, The Good Girls, and Donne Facili), Paris-Titanus, 1960, released in the United States by Harold Cornsweet Productions, 1966
Les Menteurs (also known as The Liars), Mediterranee Cinema, 1961, released in the United States by Shawn International/Ellis, 1964
Les Godelureaux, 1961
"L'Avarice" in Les Sept Peches Capitaux (also known as Seven Capital Sins, The Seven Deadly Sins, and I Sette Pecati Capitali), Gibe/Franco- London/Titanus, 1962, released in the United States by Embassy, 1962
Drug store clerk, Marie-Chantal contre le Docteur Kha (also knownas Marie Chantal against Dr. Kha, Maria Chantal contra el Doctor Kha, and Marie Chantal conto il Dr. Kha), Rome-Paris Films/Dia/Megaand Magreb Unifilm, 1965
The husband, "La Muette" in Paris vu Par ... (also known as Sixin Paris), Les Films du Losange, 1965, released in the United States byNew Yorker, 1968
Les Durs a Cuire, 1964
The father, Le Tigre se Parfume a la Dynamite (also known as AnOrchid for the Tiger, The Tiger Uses Dynamite for Perfume, LaTigre Profumata alla Dinamite, and El Tigre se Perfuma con Dinamita), 1965

Uncle, Brigitte et Brigitte, 1965
Zoe Bonne, 1966
Alcibiades, La Route de Corinthe (also known as The Road to Corinth and Who's Got the Black Box?), Films la Boetie, 1967, released in the United States by RAF, 1970
The filmmaker, Les Biches (also known as Bad Girls, TheDoes, The Girlfriends, and The Heterosexuals), Films la Boetie/Alexandra, 1968, released in the United States by Jack H. Harris, 1968
La Femme Ecarlate, 1968
Et Crac!, 1969
Version Latine, 1969
Le Travail, 1969
La Rupture (also known as The Breakup, All'ombra del Delitto, and Le Jour des Parques), Films la Boetie/Euro International/Cinevog, 1970
Sortie de Secours, Adel Productions, 1970
Aussi Loin Que l'Amour (also known as As Far as Love Can Go), Columbia, 1971
Un Meurtre est un Meurtre (also known as A Murder Is a Murder), Planfilm, 1972
The Other Side of the Wind, 1972
Le Flipping, 1973
Man in publisher's office, Folies Bourgeoises (also known as The Twist, Twist, Pazzi Borghesi, and Die Verrueckten Reichen), Union Generale Cinematographique/Parafrance, 1976
Metteur en scene, L'Animal (also known as The Animal and Stuntwoman), Roissy/AMLF, 1977
Les Folies d'Elodie (also known as The Naughty Blue Knickers), New Realm Distributors, 1981
Theodore Lyssenko, Polar, Films Noirs, 1982
Louis Crepin (some source cite the role of Tartuffe), Les Voleurs de la Nuit (also known as Thieves after Dark), Parafrance, 1984
Suivez Mon Regard (also known as Follow My Gaze), Union General Cinematographique/World Marketing, 1985
Lieberman, Je Hais les Acteurs (also known as I Hate Actors!), Gaumont, 1986
Priest, L'Ete en Pente Douce (also known as Summer on a Soft Slope), Allied Artists, 1987
Jacques' father, Jeux d'Artifices (also known as Fireworksand Games of Artifice), Forum Distribution/Films du Volcan, 1987
Sale Destin! (also known as Rotten Fate!), Allied Artists,1987
Pierre Vergne, Alouette, Je Te Plumerai (also known as The Lark and Alouette Plumerai), Union Generale Cinematographique, 1988
La Femme Normale, 1991
Mr. Denis, Sam Suffit (also known as Sam's Enough), 1992
Himself, Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (also known as Francois Truffaut: Portraits Voles), 1993
Jean Renoir, 1993
Himself, Son of Gascogne, 1994
Television Director
Episodic
"Monsieur Bebe," Histoires Insolites, 1974
"Nul n'Est Parfait," Histoires Insolites, 1974
"Une Invitation a la Chasse," Histoires Insolites, 1974
"Les Gens de l'Ete," Histoires Insolites, 1974
"De Grey," Henry James, 1974
"Le Banc de la Desolation" (also known as "The Bench of Desolation"), Henry James, 1974
Madame le Juge, 1978
"Maux Croises," Les Dossiers de l'Inspecteur Lavardin, 1988
"L'Escargot Noir," Les Dossiers de l'Inspecteur Lavardin, 1988
Other Television Work
Director
La Bouche d'Oreille, 1978
Il Itait un Musicien (series), 1978
Fantomas (miniseries), 1979
Monsieur Saint-Saens, 1980
Systeme du Docteur Goudron et du Professeur Plume, 1981
Monsieur Prokofiev, 1981
Monsieur Liszt, 1981
Les Affinites Electives (also known as Die Wahlverwandtschaften and Les Affinites), 1981
M. le Maudit, 1982
La Danse de Mort, 1982
The Blood of Others (movie; also known as Le Sang des Autres), HBO, 1984
Television Appearances
Les Nuls, l'Emission, 1991
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (special), Bravo, 1995
Cannes ... les 400 Coups, 1997
Stage Work
Director
Macbeth, Theatre Recamier, Paris, France, 1964
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Le Coup du Berger, 1956
Le Beau Serge (also known as Bitter Reunion and HandsomeSerge), Ajym Films, 1958, released in the United States by United MotionPicture, 1959
(With Paul Gegauff) Les Cousins (also known as The Cousins), Ajym Films/Societe Francaise de Cinema, 1958, released in the United Statesby Films-around-the-World, 1959
(With Paul Gegauff) Les Bonnes Femmes (also known as The Girls, The Good Girls, and Donne Facili), Paris-Titanus, 1960, released in the United States by Harold Cornsweet, 1966
(co-adapter) Les Godelureaux, 1961
L'Oeil du Malin (also known as The Third Lover), Rome-ParisFilms, 1962, released in the United States by Atlantic, 1963
(With Francoise Sagan) Landru (also known as Bluebeard), Rome-Paris Films, 1963, released in the United States by Embassy, 1963, published by Julliard, 1963
(With Paul Gegauff) Ophelia, Boreal Film, 1963, released in the United States by Trans-Lux Distributing, 1964
"Paris" in Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du Monde (also known as The Beautiful Swindlers, The World's Greatest Swindles, The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers, and Le Piu Belle Truffe del Mondo), 1964, released in the United States by Ellis/Continental Distributing, 1967
Le Tigre Aime la Chair Fraiche (also known as Code Name: Tiger and The Tiger Likes Fresh Blood), 1964
(With Christian Yves) Marie-Chantal contre le Doctre Kha (also known as Marie Chantal against Dr. Kha, Maria Chantal contra el DoctorKha, and Marie Chantal contro il Dr. Kha), Rome-Paris Films/Dia/Mega and Magreb Unifilm, 1965
"La Muette" in Paris vu Par ... (also known as Six in Paris), Les Films du Losange, 1965, released in the United States by New Yorker, 1968
(With Colonel Remy and Daniel Boulanger) La Ligne de Demarcation (also known as The Line of Demarcation), Rome-Paris Films/Societe Nouvelle de Cinema, 1966
(With Paul Gegauff) Les Biches (also known as Bad Girls, The Does, The Girlfriends, and The Heterosexuals), Films la Boetie/Alexandra, 1968, released in the United States by Jack H. Harris, 1968
La Femme Infidele (also known as The Unfaithful Wife), Films la Boetie/Cinegai, 1969, released in the United States by Allied Artists, 1969
(With Paul Gegauff) Que la Bete Muere (also known as The BeastMust Die, Killer!, This Man Must Die, and Uccidero un uomo), Films la Boetie/Rizzoli, 1969, released in the United States by Allied Artists, 1970
La Rupture (also known as The Breakup, All'ombra del Delitto, and Le Jour des Parques), Films la Boetie/Euro International/Cinevog, 1970
Le Boucher (also known as The Butcher and Il Tagliagole), Films la Boetie/Euro International, 1970, released in the United Statesby Cinerama, 1971
Juste avant la Nuit (also known as Just before Nightfall),Films la Boetie/Columbia/Cinegai, 1971, released in the United States by Libra, 1975
(Song lyricist only) Docteur Popaul (also known as Doctor Popaul, High Heels, Scoundrel in White, and Trappola per un Lupo), CIC, 1972
Les Noces Rouges (also known as Red Wedding Night, Wedding in Blood, and L'Amico di Famiglia), Films la Boetie/Canaria Films, 1973, released in the United States by CIC, 1974, published by Seghers, 1973
(With Jean-Patrick Manchette) Nada (also known as The Nada Gang and Sterminate Gruppo Zero), Films la Boetie/Italian International Film, 1974, released in the United States by New Line Cinema, 1974
(With Jean-Patrick Manchette) Les Innocents aux Mains Sales (alsoknown as Dirty Hands, Innocents with Dirty Hands, Gli Innocenti dalli Mani Sporche and Die Unschuldigen mit den Schmutzigen Haenden), Films la Boetie/New Line Cinema, 1975
(With Ennio DeConcini, Maria Piafusto, and Norman Enfield) Folies Bourgeoises (also known as The Twist, Twist, Pazzi Borghesi, and Die Verrueckten Reichen), Union General Cinematographique/Parafrance, 1976
Alice, ou la Derniere Fugue (also known as Alice and Alice, or the Last Escapade), Filmel/PHPG, 1976
Les Magiciens (also known as Death Rite, Initiation a laMorte, Profezia di un Delitto, and Die Schuldigen mit den Sauberen Haenden), 1976
(With R. Sidney) Les Liens de Sang (also known as Blood Relatives and Blood Ties), Societe nouvelle de cinema, 1977
(With Daniel Boulanger) Le Cheval d'Orgueil (also known as Horse of Pride and The Proud Ones), Planfilm, 1979
Les Fantomes du Chapelier (also known as The Hatmaker and The Hatter's Ghost), Gaumont, 1982
(With Dominique Roulet) Poulet au Vinaigre (also known as Cop au Vin), MK2/Virgin Vision, 1985
(With Dominique Roulet) Inspecteur Lavardin (also known as Inspector Lavardin and L'Inspecteur Lavardin ou la Justice), MK2/Artificial Eye, 1986
(With Odile Barski) Le Cri du Hibou (also known as The Cry of the Owl), United International, 1987
(With Odile Barski), Masques (also known as Masks), CannonReleasing/MK2, 1987
(With Colo Tavernier O'Hagan) Une Affaire de Femmes (also known asStory of Women, Women's Affairs, and Women's Business),MK2, 1988, released in the United States by New Yorker, 1989
(With Sollace Mitchell) Docteur M. (also known as Club Extinction and Dr. M.), Prism Entertainment, 1990
Quiet Days in Clichy (also known as Giorni Felici a Clichy, Jours Tranquilles a Clichy, and Stille Tage in Clichy), 1990
Madame Bovary, Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
Betty, MK2, 1992
(With Jose-Andre Lacour) L'Enfer (also known as Hell, Jealousy, and Torment), MK2, 1994
La Ceremonie (also known as The Ceremony, A Judgement inStone, Biester, and Blutiger Engel), MK2, 1995
Rien ne Va Plus (also known as The Swindle), New Yorker Films, 1997
Au Coeur du Mensonge (also known as The Color of Lies), MK2, 1999
Television Episodes
"Monsieur Bebe," Histoires Insolites, 1974
"Maux Croises," Les Dossiers de l'Inspecteur Lavardin, 1988
"L'Escargot Noir," Les Dossiers de l'Inspecteur Lavardin, 1988
Nonfiction
(With Eric Rohmer) Hitchcock, Editions Universitaires, 1957, translated by Stanley Hochman as Hitchcock: The First Forty-Four Films, Ungar, 1979
Le Recit Feminin: Contribution a l'Analyse Semiologique du Courrier duCoeur et des Entrevues ou "Enquetes" sur la Femme dans la Presse Feminine Actuelle, Mouton, 1971
(With Louis Marin) Le Recit Evangelique, Aubier Montaigne, 1974, translation by Alfred M. Johnson, Jr. published as The Gospel Narrative, Pickwick, 1980

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