---
name: "Jean Rabier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-rabier"
fi1m_id: "jean-rabier"
imdb_id: "nm0704880"
tmdb_id: 19086
wikidata_id: "Q922928"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "24 April 1927"
died: "15 February 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 89
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T17:01:10.480387+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jean Rabier

## Identity

Jean Rabier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-rabier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-rabier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0704880
- **TMDB ID:** 19086
- **Wikidata ID:** Q922928
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rabier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19086

Cinematographer. Born 24 April 1927 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Île-de-France, France. Died 15 February 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 24 April 1927, Montfort-l'Amaury, Île-de-France, France
- **Died:** 15 February 2016
- **Active:** 1959–1970
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 91 (1), 1960s 88 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 89 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rabier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19086

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cléo from 5 to 7*](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md) (88)

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## Biography

Jean Rabier was a French cinematographer. He began his career as a camera operator in the late 1940s and worked on several early French New Wave films before becoming a director of photography.

He is best known for his long collaboration with Claude Chabrol, shooting more than 40 of the director’s films from the early 1960s until 1991. Rabier also photographed *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962) for Agnès Varda, *Bay of Angels* (1963) and *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964) for Jacques Demy, and *The Butcher* (1970) for Chabrol.

He was born on 16 March 1927 in Montfort-l’Amaury and died on 15 February 2016 in Port-de-Bouc.

*Sources: theguardian.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md)
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)
- *The 400 Blows* (1959), Fi1m 91, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-400-blows.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Madame Bovary* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Dr. M* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Quiet Days in Clichy* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin* (1988), series, Director of Photography
- *Story of Women* (1988), Director of Photography
- *No Harm Intended* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Cry of the Owl* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Masks* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Inspector Lavardin* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Cop au Vin* (1985), Director of Photography
- *M the Damned* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Hatter's Ghost* (1982), Director of Photography
- *La danse de mort* (1982), Cinematography
- *The Horse of Pride* (1980), Director of Photography
- *La boucle d'oreille* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Violette Nozière* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Blood Relatives* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Alice or the Last Escapade* (1977), Director of Photography
- *The Twist* (1976), Director of Photography
- *De Grey, un Récit romanesque* (1976), Cinematography
- *Death Rite* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Innocents with Dirty Hands* (1975), Director of Photography, Still Photographer
- *A Piece of Pleasure* (1975), Director of Photography
- *The Summer People* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Nul n'est parfait* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Monsieur Bébé* (1974), Director of Photography
- *The Nada Gang* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Wedding in Blood* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Scoundrel in White* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Ten Days' Wonder* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Just Before Nightfall* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Cold Sweat* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The One Man Band* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Breach* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Butcher* (1970), Director of Photography
- *This Man Must Die* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Unfaithful Wife* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Les Biches* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Road to Corinth* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Champagne Murders* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Line of Demarcation* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Our Agent Tiger* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Blue Panther* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Six in Paris* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Enchanted Isles* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Happiness* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Code Name: Tiger* (1964), Director of Photography
- *The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers* (1964), Director of Photography
- *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md)
- *Bay of Angels* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Ro.Go.Pa.G.* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Ophélia* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Bluebeard* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Banana Peel* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Third Lover* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)
- *Fiancés on the Bridge* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Seven Deadly Sins* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Léon Morin, Priest* (1961), Camera Operator
- *Wise Guys* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Saga of the Sun* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Les Bonnes Femmes* (1960), Camera Operator
- *Purple Noon* (1960), Camera Operator
- *The 400 Blows* (1959), Camera Operator — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-400-blows.md)
- *Le Beau Serge* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Elevator to the Gallows* (1958), First Assistant Camera
- *Boom on Paris* (1954), Assistant Director of Photography
- *Life Dances On* (1937), Camera Operator

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