Claude Chabrol

Birthday: 24 June 1930, Paris, France

Height: 168 cm

French film director considered a master in the mystery genre. He is credited with starting the "nouvelle vague" French film movement.

I saw 'Snow 'White' at least 10 times between 1937 and 1940 and I think it influenced my work, a lit Show more I saw 'Snow 'White' at least 10 times between 1937 and 1940 and I think it influenced my work, a little. It was a good horror film. The death of the witch was the best thing Disney ever did. Hide

There is no new wave, only the sea. There is no new wave, only the sea.

[on divorcing Stéphane Audran] I found myself becoming more interested in her as an actress than a Show more [on divorcing Stéphane Audran] I found myself becoming more interested in her as an actress than a wife. Hide

Nous vivons une époque où les pizzas arrivent plus vite que la police. We live in an era where piz Show more Nous vivons une époque où les pizzas arrivent plus vite que la police. We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police. Hide

I have always been fascinated by smiling killers. I have always been fascinated by smiling killers.

[on his movie Ophélia (1963)] I saw it recently and it was still execrable. [on his movie Ophélia (1963)] I saw it recently and it was still execrable.

I'm not at all interested in who-done-its. If you conceal a character's guilt, you imply that his gu Show more I'm not at all interested in who-done-its. If you conceal a character's guilt, you imply that his guilt is the most important thing about him. I want the audience to know who the murderer is, so that we can consider his personality. Hide

"I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest." ( Show more "I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest." (1971 interview with Roger Ebert) Hide

Claude Chabrol's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (11) as Creator (1)

Hitchcock/Truffaut

The Breach (La rupture)

Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

Web of Passion (A double tour)

La sonate à Kreutzer

The Other Side of the Wind

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Godard seul le cinéma [Audio: French]

Voyage à travers le cinéma français [Audio: French]

The Swindle (Rien ne va plus)

Unfaithful

Violette (Violette Noziere)