Jean Rabier Explained

Jean Rabier
Birth Date:	1927 3, df=y
Birth Place:	Montfort-l'Amaury, France
Death Place:	Port-de-Bouc, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Cinematography
Years Active:	1958–1991

Jean Rabier (16 March 1927 – 15 February 2016) was a French cinematographer who frequently worked with director Claude Chabrol.^[1] He had almost 70 film credits spanning a career from 1961 to 1991.

He died on 15 February 2016 at the age of 89.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Madame Bovary (1991)
• Dr. M (1990)
• Jours tranquilles à Clichy (Quiet Days in Clichy) (1990)
• Une affaire de femmes (Story of Women) (1988)
• Le Cri du hibou (The Cry of the Owl) (1987)
• Masques (Masks) (1987)
• Inspecteur Lavardin (1986)
• Poulet au vinaigre (Chicken with Vinegar) (1985)
• Les Fantômes du chapelier (The Hatters's Ghost) (1982)
• Le Cheval d'orgueil (The Proud Ones / The Horse of Pride) (1980)
• Violette Nozière (Violette) (1978)
• Les Liens de sang (Blood Relatives) (1978)
• Alice ou la dernière fugue (Alice / Alice or The Last Escapade) (1977)
• Folies bourgeoises (The Twist) (1976)
• Les Magiciens (Death Rite) (1976)
• Les Innocents aux mains sales (Dirty Hands / Innocents with Dirty Hands) (1975)
• Une partie de plaisir (A Piece of Pleasure / Pleasure Party) (1975)
• Nada (The Nada Gang) (1974)
• Les Noces rouges (Wedding in Blood) (1973)
• Docteur Popaul (Scroundel in White / High Heels / Play Now, Play Later) (1972)
• La Décade prodigieuse (Ten Days Wonder) (1971)
• Juste avant la nuit (Just Before Nightfall) (1971)
• Cold Sweat (1970)
• La Rupture (The Breach / Hallucination / The Breakup) (1970)
• Le Boucher (The Butcher) (1970)
• Que la bête meure (This Man Must Die) (1969)
• La Femme infidèle (The Unfaithful Wife) (1969)
• Les Biches (The Does / Bad Girls / Girlfriends) (1968)
• La Route de Corinthe (The Road to Corinth) (1967)
• Le Scandale (The Champagne Murders) (1967)
• La Ligne de démarcation (Line of Demarcation) (1966)
• Le Tigre se parfume à la dynamite (An Orchid for the Tiger / Our Agent Tiger) (1965)
• Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha) (1965)
• Paris vu par... (Six in Paris) (segment La Muette) (1965)
• Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche (Code Name: Tiger / The Tiger Likes Fresh Meat) (1964)
• Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) (1964)
• Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde (The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers) (segment L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel) (1964)
• Ophélia (1963)
• La Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels) (1963)
• Landru (Bluebeard) (1963)
• L'Œil du Malin (The Eye of Evil) (1962)
• Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cléo from 5 to 7) (1962)
• Les Sept Péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins) (segment L'Avarice) (1962)
• Les Godelureaux (Wise Guys) (1961)
• Le Beau Serge (Handsome Serge / Bitter Reunion) (1958) — also with Henri Decaë

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jean Rabier, directeur de la photographie de Claude Chabrol, est mort . 2016-02-22. telerama.
2. Web site: Jean Rabier obituary . 2016-03-08 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422012139/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/08/jean-rabier-obituary?CMP=share_btn_tw . 2023-04-22 . live .