Jean-Claude Carrière

Known For: Writing
Born: September 17, 1931
Place of Birth: Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
Died: February 8, 2021

Jean-Claude Carrière

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.

Filmography

L'Œuvre invisible

2026 · Self

The Plough

2023 · Screenplay

Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel

2022 · Self

Land of Dreams

2022 · Writer

Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau

2022 · Self

The Crusade

2021 · Writer, In Memory Of

Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance

2021 · Self - Screenwriter

The Salt of Tears

2020 · Dialogue, Screenplay

Fifty Years Later

2019 · Self

Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason

2019 · Self - Writer

Mostashregh

2019 · Self

A Faithful Man

2018 · Writer

At Eternity's Gate

2018 · Writer

The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein

2018 · Self

The Collection

2018 · Monsieur Klein

Scenes from A Separation

2018 · Self

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

2018 · Self - Filmmaker

Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves

2018 · Self

Lover for a Day

2017 · Screenplay

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

2017 · Self

Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens

2017 · Self

Borsalino City

2016 · Self - Scriptwriter

A Bigger Splash

2015 · Dialogue, Adaptation

In the Shadow of Women

2015 · Writer

Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí

2015 · Self

Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin

2015 · Self

The Petrov File

2015 · Writer

Los chicos de la foto

2014 · Self

Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau

2014 · Self

The Mystery of the King of Kinema

2014 · Self

En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel

2013 · Self

Professor Goudet's Lessons

2013 · Self

The Patience Stone

2013 · Screenplay

Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'

2013 · Self

The Artist and the Model

2012 · Screenplay

Harold et Maude

2012 · Writer

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

2011 · Screenplay

Carrière, 250 Meters

2011 · Self, Screenplay

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé

2011 · Self

Miloš Forman

2010 · Self

Il était une fois... « King Kong »

2010 · Self (scénariste)

Certified Copy

2010 · The Man at the Square

And the blue sky

2010 · Himself

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

2009 · Self

The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel

2008 · Self

Ulzhan

2007 · Scenario Writer

Rituals

2007 · Self

Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire

2006 · Writer

The Secret Book

The Secret Book

2006 · Pierre Reymond

Goya's Ghosts

2006 · Screenplay

Avida

2006 · Le richa paranoïaque

Belle Toujours

2006 · Thanks

Una belleza nueva

2006 · Self

Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'

2006 · Self

Un Ange dans les marécages

Un Ange dans les marécages

2006 · Self

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God

2005 · Self

Une promenade parmi les ombres

Une promenade parmi les ombres

2005 · Himself

Birth

2004 · Screenplay

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

2004 · Self

Les Thibault

2003 · Maître Roubiot

Gala

2003 · Self

Un film et son époque

2003 · Self

Letter from an Unknown Woman

2002 · Writer

Ruy Blas

2002 · Screenplay

Biblioteca Mindlin

Biblioteca Mindlin

2002

The Battle of Hernani

2002 · Writer

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table

2001 · David Goldman

Madame De...

2001 · Le ministre, Writer

Bérénice

2000 · Writer

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète

2000 · Self

Speaking of Buñuel

2000 · Self

Buñuel in Hollywood

2000 · Self

Salsa

2000 · Writer

Broken Dolls

1999 · Story

Clarissa

1998 · Writer

War in the Highlands

1998 · Writer

Vivement dimanche

1998 · Self

Les paradoxes de Buñuel

1998 · Self, Screenplay

Chinese Box

1997 · Writer

The Ogre

1996 · Screenplay

Golden Boy

1996 · Writer

The Horseman on the Roof

1995 · Screenplay

La duchesse de Langeais

1995 · Writer

The Night and the Moment

1995 · The Governor, Screenplay

Sommersby

1993 · Original Film Writer

Dispute in Valladolid

1992 · Writer

The Return of Casanova

1992 · Writer

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

1991 · Screenplay

Bouvard et Pécuchet

1990 · Récitant

Cyrano de Bergerac

1990 · Screenplay

The Mahabharata

1990 · Writer, Theatre Play

Hard to Be a God

1990 · Writer

May Fools

1990 · Screenplay

The Mahabharata

1990 · Writer, Theatre Play

Valmont

1989 · Screenplay

J'écris dans l'espace

J'écris dans l'espace

1989 · Screenplay

The Owl's Legacy

1989 · Writer

The Silent Woman

The Silent Woman

1989 · Screenplay

The Bengali Night

1988 · Writer

The Possessed

1988 · Screenplay

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988 · Screenplay

Nulle part ailleurs

1987 · Self

Matin Bonheur

1987 · Self

The Discoveries of a Modern Couple

1986 · Writer

Exploits of a Young Don Juan

1986 · Writer

Max My Love

1986 · Writer

The Wolf at the Door

1986 · Scenario Writer

Sea Workers

1986 · Writer

L'unique

1986 · Dialogue, Writer

The Young Girl and Hell

1986 · Writer

Lancement réussi

Lancement réussi

1985 · Scenario Writer

Vive les femmes !

1984 · The deaf-mute

Swann in Love

1984 · Writer

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

1984 · Self

L'aide-mémoire

1984 · Writer

The Tragedy of Carmen

1983 · Writer

The General of the Dead Army

1983 · Writer

Side Roads

1983 · Writer

Credo

1983 · Writer

Danton

1983 · Screenplay

Antonieta

1982 · Writer

L'Indiscrétion

1982 · Writer

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan

1982 · Writer

Godard's Passion

1982 · Writer

The Return of Martin Guerre

1982 · Screenplay

Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario

1982 · Self

La Cerisaie

1982 · Adaptation

Champs-Elysées

1982 · Self

La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet

1981 · Adaptation, Dialogue

Circle of Deceit

1981 · Writer

L'Amour nu

1981 · Le professeur

Black Mirror

1981 · Screenplay

Every Man for Himself

1980 · Writer

The Associate

1979 · Un homme présent à la lecture du testament, Un homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited), Dialogue, Screenplay

The Tin Drum

1979 · Screenplay

Return to the Beloved

1979 · Writer

These Kids Are Grown-Ups

1979 · Le psychiatre (uncredited), Writer

L'Homme en colère

1979 · Writer

Beef Cattle

1979 · Writer

Photo-souvenir

1978 · Prof. Henri Quissard, Writer

Surprise Sock

1978 · Fournier, Writer

Butterfly on the Shoulder

1978 · Screenplay

Le Franc-tireur

1978 · Writer

That Obscure Object of Desire

1977 · Screenplay

Julie pot-de-colle

1977 · Writer

The Gang

1977 · Screenplay

The Game of Solitaire

1976 · Luc

The Garden of Torment

1976 · The ship's captain

Leonor

1975 · Writer

Flesh of the Orchid

1975 · Writer

Serious as Pleasure

1975 · Le chef d'etage (uncredited), Writer

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

Apostrophes

1975 · Self

Weak Spot

1975 · Screenplay

The Woman with Red Boots

1974 · Screenplay

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self

The Phantom of Liberty

1974 · Writer

Life Size

1974 · Writer

France, Incorporated

1974 · Writer

Dorothea's Revenge

1974 · Screenplay

The Outside Man

1972 · Story, Screenplay

The Monk

1972 · Screenplay

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972 · Screenplay

The Right to Love

1972 · Screenplay

Liza

1972 · Writer

A Little Sun in Cold Water

1971 · François, Screenplay

Taking Off

1971 · Writer

The Wedding Ring

1971 · Hugues, Writer

Borsalino

1970 · Writer

Le Grand Amour

1969 · Screenplay

The Milky Way

1969 · Priscillian, Writer

The Swimming Pool

1969 · Writer

The Nail Clippers

1969 · Director, Screenplay

For a Distant Love

1968 · Writer

Belle de Jour

1967 · Screenplay

The Thief of Paris

1967 · Screenplay

The Diabolical Dr. Z

1966 · Screenplay

Attack of the Robots

1966 · Screenplay

Hotel Paradiso

1966 · Writer

As Long as You've Got Your Health

1966 · Writer

Viva Maria!

1965 · Screenplay

Bestiary of Love

1965 · Writer

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

1965 · Writer

Yoyo

1965 · Screenplay

Diary of a Chambermaid

1964 · Le curé, Writer

Happy Anniversary

1963 · Co-Writer, Director

Insomnia

1963 · Writer

The Suitor

1962 · TV presenter (uncredited), Screenplay

Rupture

1961 · Co-Writer, Director

The Arbitrariness of Desire

— · Himself

Micromeo

— · Writer

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