Jean-Claude Carrière
Known For
Writing
Born
1931-09-17 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
Died
2021-02-08
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.
Most Known For
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Vivement dimanche
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Spécial cinéma
as Self
Apostrophes
as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
Una belleza nueva
as Self
The Suitor
as TV presenter (uncredited)
Matin Bonheur
as Self
Un film et son époque
as Self
Mostashregh
as Self
Borsalino City
as Self - Scriptwriter
Certified Copy
as The Man at the Square
Avida
as Le richa paranoïaque
Gala
as Self
Photo-souvenir
as Prof. Henri Quissard
Diary of a Chambermaid
as Le curé
Biblioteca Mindlin
The Milky Way
as Priscillian
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table
as David Goldman