Person

Jean-Claude Carrière

Writing · 1931–2021 · Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France

Biography

Jean-Claude Carrière (17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing Heureux Anniversaire (1963), and was later conferred an Honorary Oscar in 2014. He was nominated for the Academy Award three other times for his work in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He also won a César Award for Best Original Screenplay in The Return of Martin Guerre (1983). Carrière was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and was president of La Fémis, the French state film school that he helped establish. He was noted as a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel on the screenplays of the latter's late French films.

Known for

Filmography

2026L'Œuvre invisibleSelf
2023The PloughScreenplay
2022Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of BuñuelSelf
2022Land of DreamsWriter
2022Dans les pas de Jean-Paul RappeneauSelf
2021The CrusadeWriter
2021Milan Kundera: From the Joke to InsignificanceSelf - Screenwriter
2020The Salt of TearsDialogue
2019Fifty Years LaterSelf
2019Francisco de Goya: The Dream of ReasonSelf - Writer
2019MostashreghSelf
2018A Faithful ManWriter
2018At Eternity's GateWriter
2018The Strange Life of Dr. FrankensteinSelf
2018The CollectionMonsieur Klein
2018Scenes from A SeparationSelf
2018Searching for Ingmar BergmanSelf - Filmmaker
2018Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêvesSelf
2017Lover for a DayScreenplay
2017Julian Schnabel: A Private PortraitSelf
2017Robert Doisneau: Through the LensSelf
2016Borsalino CitySelf - Scriptwriter
2015A Bigger SplashDialogue
2015In the Shadow of WomenWriter
2015Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahíSelf
2015Tras Nazarin: Following NazarinSelf
2015The Petrov FileWriter
2014Los chicos de la fotoSelf
2014Romy Schneider, à fleur de peauSelf
2014The Mystery of the King of KinemaSelf
2013En ningún lugar, Don Luis BuñuelSelf
2013Professor Goudet's LessonsSelf
2013The Patience StoneScreenplay
2013Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'Self
2012The Artist and the ModelScreenplay
2012Harold et MaudeWriter
2011Memories of My Melancholy WhoresScreenplay
2011Carrière, 250 MetersSelf
2011Pierre Étaix, un destin animéSelf
2010Miloš FormanSelf
2010Il était une fois... « King Kong »Self (scénariste)
2010Certified CopyThe Man at the Square
2010And the blue skyHimself
2009Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…Self
2008The Last Script: Remembering Luis BuñuelSelf
2007UlzhanScenario Writer
2007RitualsSelf
2006Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoireWriter
2006The Secret BookPierre Reymond
2006Goya's GhostsScreenplay
2006AvidaLe richa paranoïaque
2006Belle ToujoursThanks
2006Una belleza nuevaSelf
2006Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'Self
2006Un Ange dans les marécagesSelf
2005Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to GodSelf
2005Une promenade parmi les ombresHimself
2004BirthScreenplay
2004The Filmmaker and the LabyrinthSelf
2003Les ThibaultMaître Roubiot
2003GalaSelf
2003Un film et son époqueSelf
2002Letter from an Unknown WomanWriter
2002Ruy BlasScreenplay
2002Biblioteca Mindlin
2002The Battle of HernaniWriter
2001Bunuel and King Solomon's TableDavid Goldman
2001Madame De...Le ministre
2000BéréniceWriter
2000Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comèteSelf
2000Speaking of BuñuelSelf
2000Buñuel in HollywoodSelf
2000SalsaWriter
1999Broken DollsStory
1998ClarissaWriter
1998War in the HighlandsWriter
1998Vivement dimancheSelf
1998Les paradoxes de BuñuelSelf
1997Chinese BoxWriter
1996The OgreScreenplay
1996Golden BoyWriter
1995The Horseman on the RoofScreenplay
1995La duchesse de LangeaisWriter
1995The Night and the MomentThe Governor
1993SommersbyOriginal Film Writer
1992Dispute in ValladolidWriter
1992The Return of CasanovaWriter
1991At Play in the Fields of the LordScreenplay
1990Bouvard et PécuchetRécitant
1990Cyrano de BergeracScreenplay
1990The MahabharataWriter
1990Hard to Be a GodWriter
1990May FoolsScreenplay
1990The MahabharataWriter
1989ValmontScreenplay
1989J'écris dans l'espaceScreenplay
1989The Owl's LegacyWriter
1989The Silent WomanScreenplay
1988The Bengali NightWriter
1988The PossessedScreenplay
1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingScreenplay
1987Nulle part ailleursSelf
1987Matin BonheurSelf
1986The Discoveries of a Modern CoupleWriter
1986Exploits of a Young Don JuanWriter
1986Max My LoveWriter
1986The Wolf at the DoorScenario Writer
1986Sea WorkersWriter
1986L'uniqueDialogue
1986The Young Girl and HellWriter
1985Lancement réussiScenario Writer
1984Vive les femmes !The deaf-mute
1984Swann in LoveWriter
1984The Life and Times of Don Luis BuñuelSelf
1984L'aide-mémoireWriter
1983The Tragedy of CarmenWriter
1983The General of the Dead ArmyWriter
1983Side RoadsWriter
1983CredoWriter
1983DantonScreenplay
1982AntonietaWriter
1982L'IndiscrétionWriter
1982The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanWriter
1982Godard's PassionWriter
1982The Return of Martin GuerreScreenplay
1982Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénarioSelf
1982La CerisaieAdaptation
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
1981La Double Vie de Théophraste LonguetDialogue
1981Circle of DeceitWriter
1981L'Amour nuLe professeur
1981Black MirrorScreenplay
1980Every Man for HimselfWriter
1979The AssociateUn homme présent à la lecture du testament
1979The Tin DrumScreenplay
1979Return to the BelovedWriter
1979These Kids Are Grown-UpsLe psychiatre (uncredited)
1979L'Homme en colèreWriter
1979Beef CattleWriter
1978Photo-souvenirProf. Henri Quissard
1978Surprise SockFournier
1978Butterfly on the ShoulderScreenplay
1978Le Franc-tireurWriter
1978Ciné regardsSelf
1977That Obscure Object of DesireScreenplay
1977Julie pot-de-colleWriter
1977The GangScreenplay
1976The Game of SolitaireLuc
1976The Garden of TormentThe ship's captain
1975LeonorWriter
1975Flesh of the OrchidWriter
1975Serious as PleasureLe chef d'etage (uncredited)
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
1975ApostrophesSelf
1975Weak SpotScreenplay
1974The Woman with Red BootsScreenplay
1974Spécial cinémaSelf
1974The Phantom of LibertyWriter
1974Life SizeWriter
1974France, IncorporatedWriter
1974Dorothea's RevengeScreenplay
1972The Outside ManStory
1972The MonkScreenplay
1972The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieScreenplay
1972The Right to LoveScreenplay
1972LizaWriter
1971A Little Sun in Cold WaterFrançois
1971Taking OffWriter
1971The Wedding RingHugues
1970BorsalinoWriter
1969Le Grand AmourScreenplay
1969The Milky WayPriscillian
1969The Swimming PoolWriter
1969The Nail ClippersDirector
1968For a Distant LoveWriter
1967Belle de JourScreenplay
1967The Thief of ParisScreenplay
1966The Diabolical Dr. ZScreenplay
1966Attack of the RobotsScreenplay
1966Hotel ParadisoWriter
1966As Long as You've Got Your HealthWriter
1965Viva Maria!Screenplay
1965Bestiary of LoveWriter
1965The Adventures of Robinson CrusoeWriter
1965YoyoScreenplay
1964Pour le plaisirSelf
1964Diary of a ChambermaidLe curé
1963Happy AnniversaryCo-Writer
1963InsomniaWriter
1962The SuitorTV presenter (uncredited)
1961RuptureCo-Writer
—The Arbitrariness of DesireHimself
—MicromeoWriter

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