Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière

1931-09-17

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.

Also appears in

Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid

7.1

Certified Copy

Certified Copy

7.0

The Milky Way

The Milky Way

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Avida

Avida

5.6

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

7.2

Bunuel and King Solomon’s Table

Bunuel and King Solomon’s Table

4.8

Vive les femmes !

Vive les femmes !

4.1

These Kids Are Grown-Ups

These Kids Are Grown-Ups

4.3

Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel

Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel

7.4

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

6.0

Miloš Forman: What Doesn’t Kill You…

Miloš Forman: What Doesn’t Kill You…

6.4

L’Amour nu

L’Amour nu

4.0

Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens

Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens

7.1

Speaking of Buñuel

Speaking of Buñuel

5.9

Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí

Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí

3.0

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

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

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Borsalino City

Borsalino City

7.5

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

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

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The Mystery of the King of Kinema

The Mystery of the King of Kinema

6.0

The Night and the Moment

The Night and the Moment

5.5