Birth name

Claude Henri Jean Chabrol is the full name in LOC and French cinema references (Chabrol, Claude, 1930–2010) (LOC). He was billed as Claude Chabrol throughout his career.

New Wave and thrillers

A critic at Cahiers du Cinéma before directing, Chabrol made Le Beau Serge (1958), often cited among the first French New Wave features, then built a long career in bourgeois thrillers and crime dramas—Les Biches, La Femme infidèle, Le Boucher, later La Cérémonie, and many more. He was prolific into the 2000s (LOC; standard New Wave histories).

He died in September 2010. Alongside Truffaut, Godard, Rohmer, and Rivette, he is grouped with the core Cahiers generation that moved from criticism to directing.

Le Beau Serge DVD/Blu-ray Le Boucher Blu-ray La Cérémonie Blu-ray/DVD

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