Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues and contemporaries Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, Chabrolwas a critic for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma before beginning his career as a film maker.

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

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Aurore Chabrol (1983 - 12 September 2010) ( his death) ( 1 child)

Stéphane Audran (4 December 1964 - 1980) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

Agnès Goute (26 June 1952 - 1964) ( divorced) ( 2 children)

His movies were often strong attacks of the French bourgeoisie

Often paid homage to Alfred Hitchcock

Often cast frosty leading ladies in the Hitchcock tradition

Often used the names Hélène, Charles and Paul Thomas