Jean-Claude Carrière
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 17, 1931 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | L'Œuvre invisibleSelf | |
| 2022 | Dans les pas de Jean-Paul RappeneauSelf | |
| 2022 | Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of BuñuelSelf | |
| 2021 | Milan Kundera: From the Joke to InsignificanceSelf - Screenwriter | |
| 2019 | Fifty Years LaterSelf | |
| 2019 | Francisco de Goya: The Dream of ReasonSelf - Writer | |
| 2019 | MostashreghSelf | |
| 2018 | Searching for Ingmar BergmanSelf - Filmmaker | |
| 2018 | The Strange Life of Dr. FrankensteinSelf | |
| 2018 | Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêvesSelf | |
| 2018 | The CollectionMonsieur Klein | |
| 2018 | Scenes from A SeparationSelf | |
| 2017 | Julian Schnabel: A Private PortraitSelf | |
| 2017 | Robert Doisneau: Through the LensSelf | |
| 2016 | Borsalino CitySelf - Scriptwriter | |
| 2015 | Tras Nazarin: Following NazarinSelf | |
| 2015 | Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahíSelf | |
| 2014 | The Mystery of the King of KinemaSelf | |
| 2014 | Los chicos de la fotoSelf | |
| 2014 | Romy Schneider, à fleur de peauSelf | |
| 2013 | En ningún lugar, Don Luis BuñuelSelf | |
| 2013 | Professor Goudet's LessonsSelf | |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'Self | |
| 2011 | Carrière, 250 MetersSelf | |
| 2011 | Pierre Étaix, un destin animéSelf | |
| 2010 | Certified CopyThe Man at the Square | |
| 2010 | And the blue skyHimself | |
| 2010 | Il était une fois... « King Kong »Self (scénariste) | |
| 2010 | Miloš FormanSelf | |
| 2009 | Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…Self | |
| 2008 | The Last Script: Remembering Luis BuñuelSelf | |
| 2007 | RitualsSelf | |
| 2006 | Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'Self | |
| 2006 | The Secret BookPierre Reymond | |
| 2006 | AvidaLe richa paranoïaque | |
| 2006 | Un Ange dans les marécagesSelf | |
| 2006 | Una belleza nuevaSelf | |
| 2005 | Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to GodSelf | |
| 2005 | Une promenade parmi les ombresHimself | |
| 2004 | The Filmmaker and the LabyrinthSelf | |
| 2003 | GalaSelf | |
| 2003 | Un film et son époqueSelf | |
| 2003 | Les ThibaultMaître Roubiot | |
| 2002 | Biblioteca Mindlin | |
| 2001 | Bunuel and King Solomon's TableDavid Goldman | |
| 2001 | Madame De...Le ministre | |
| 2000 | Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comèteSelf | |
| 2000 | Speaking of BuñuelSelf | |
| 2000 | Buñuel in HollywoodSelf | |
| 1998 | Les paradoxes de BuñuelSelf | |
| 1998 | Vivement dimancheSelf | |
| 1995 | The Night and the MomentIl governatore | |
| 1990 | Bouvard et PécuchetRécitant | |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleursSelf | |
| 1987 | Matin BonheurSelf | |
| 1984 | The Life and Times of Don Luis BuñuelSelf | |
| 1984 | Vive les femmes !The deaf-mute | |
| 1982 | Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénarioSelf | |
| 1982 | Champs-ElyséesSelf | |
| 1981 | L'Amour nuLe professeur | |
| 1979 | These Kids Are Grown-UpsLe psychiatre (uncredited) | |
| 1979 | The AssociateUn homme présent à la lecture du testament | |
| 1979 | The AssociateUn homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited) | |
| 1978 | Surprise SockFournier | |
| 1978 | Photo-souvenirProf. Henri Quissard | |
| 1976 | The Garden of TormentThe ship's captain | |
| 1976 | The Game of SolitaireLuc | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf | |
| 1975 | ApostrophesSelf | |
| 1974 | Spécial cinémaSelf | |
| 1971 | The Wedding RingHugues | |
| 1971 | A Little Sun in Cold WaterFrançois | |
| 1969 | The Milky WayPriscillian | |
| 1964 | Diary of a ChambermaidLe curé | |
| 1962 | The SuitorTV presenter (uncredited) | |
| - | The Arbitrariness of DesireHimself |
| 1969 | The Nail ClippersDirector | |
| 1963 | Happy AnniversaryDirector | |
| 1961 | RuptureDirector |
| 2023 | The PloughScreenplay | |
| 2022 | Land of DreamsWriter | |
| 2021 | The CrusadeWriter | |
| 2020 | The Salt of TearsDialogue | |
| 2020 | The Salt of TearsScreenplay | |
| 2018 | At Eternity's GateWriter | |
| 2018 | A Faithful ManWriter | |
| 2017 | Lover for a DayScreenplay | |
| 2015 | In the Shadow of WomenWriter | |
| 2015 | The Petrov FileWriter | |
| 2015 | A Bigger SplashAdaptation | |
| 2015 | A Bigger SplashDialogue | |
| 2013 | The Patience StoneScreenplay | |
| 2012 | The Artist and the ModelScreenplay | |
| 2012 | Harold et MaudeWriter | |
| 2011 | Carrière, 250 MetersScreenplay | |
| 2011 | Memories of My Melancholy WhoresScreenplay | |
| 2007 | UlzhanScenario Writer | |
| 2006 | Goya's GhostsScreenplay | |
| 2006 | Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoireWriter | |
| 2004 | BirthScreenplay | |
| 2002 | Ruy BlasScreenplay | |
| 2002 | Letter from an Unknown WomanWriter | |
| 2002 | The Battle of HernaniWriter | |
| 2001 | Madame De...Writer | |
| 2000 | SalsaWriter | |
| 2000 | BéréniceWriter | |
| 1999 | Broken DollsStory | |
| 1998 | War in the HighlandsWriter | |
| 1998 | ClarissaWriter | |
| 1998 | Les paradoxes de BuñuelScreenplay | |
| 1997 | Chinese BoxWriter | |
| 1996 | Golden BoyWriter | |
| 1996 | The OgreScreenplay | |
| 1995 | The Horseman on the RoofScreenplay | |
| 1995 | The Night and the MomentScreenplay | |
| 1995 | La duchesse de LangeaisWriter | |
| 1993 | SommersbyOriginal Film Writer | |
| 1992 | Dispute in ValladolidWriter | |
| 1992 | The Return of CasanovaWriter | |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the LordScreenplay | |
| 1990 | May FoolsScreenplay | |
| 1990 | Cyrano de BergeracScreenplay | |
| 1990 | Hard to Be a GodWriter | |
| 1990 | The MahabharataWriter | |
| 1990 | The MahabharataTheatre Play | |
| 1990 | The MahabharataWriter | |
| 1990 | The MahabharataTheatre Play | |
| 1989 | J'écris dans l'espaceScreenplay | |
| 1989 | The Silent WomanScreenplay | |
| 1989 | ValmontScreenplay | |
| 1989 | The Owl's LegacyWriter | |
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of BeingScreenplay | |
| 1988 | The PossessedScreenplay | |
| 1988 | The Bengali NightWriter | |
| 1986 | Exploits of a Young Don JuanWriter | |
| 1986 | The Young Girl and HellWriter | |
| 1986 | Max My LoveWriter | |
| 1986 | The Wolf at the DoorScenario Writer | |
| 1986 | L'UniqueWriter | |
| 1986 | L'UniqueDialogue | |
| 1986 | The Discoveries of a Modern CoupleWriter | |
| 1985 | Lancement réussiScenario Writer | |
| 1984 | Swann in LoveWriter | |
| 1984 | L'aide-mémoireWriter | |
| 1983 | DantonScreenplay | |
| 1983 | The General of the Dead ArmyWriter | |
| 1983 | CredoWriter | |
| 1983 | Side RoadsWriter | |
| 1983 | The Tragedy of CarmenWriter | |
| 1982 | The Return of Martin GuerreScreenplay | |
| 1982 | La CerisaieAdaptation | |
| 1982 | AntonietaWriter | |
| 1982 | L'IndiscrétionWriter | |
| 1982 | The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanWriter | |
| 1982 | Godard's PassionWriter | |
| 1981 | Circle of DeceitWriter | |
| 1981 | Black MirrorScreenplay | |
| 1981 | La Double Vie de Théophraste LonguetAdaptation | |
| 1981 | La Double Vie de Théophraste LonguetDialogue | |
| 1980 | Every Man for HimselfScenario Writer | |
| 1979 | The Tin DrumScreenplay | |
| 1979 | L'Homme en colèreWriter | |
| 1979 | The AssociateDialogue | |
| 1979 | The AssociateScreenplay | |
| 1979 | Return to the BelovedWriter | |
| 1979 | These Kids Are Grown-UpsWriter | |
| 1979 | Beef CattleWriter | |
| 1978 | Surprise SockWriter | |
| 1978 | Butterfly on the ShoulderScreenplay | |
| 1978 | Le Franc-tireurWriter | |
| 1978 | Photo-souvenirWriter | |
| 1977 | That Obscure Object of DesireScreenplay | |
| 1977 | Julie pot-de-colleWriter | |
| 1977 | The GangScreenplay | |
| 1975 | Serious as PleasureWriter | |
| 1975 | Weak SpotScreenplay | |
| 1975 | LeonorWriter | |
| 1975 | Flesh of the OrchidWriter | |
| 1974 | The Woman with Red BootsScreenplay | |
| 1974 | The Phantom of LibertyWriter | |
| 1974 | Dorothea's RevengeScreenplay | |
| 1974 | Life SizeWriter | |
| 1974 | France, IncorporatedWriter | |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieScreenplay | |
| 1972 | The MonkScreenplay | |
| 1972 | The Right to LoveScreenplay | |
| 1972 | LizaWriter | |
| 1972 | The Outside ManStory | |
| 1972 | The Outside ManScreenplay | |
| 1971 | The Wedding RingWriter | |
| 1971 | A Little Sun in Cold WaterScreenplay | |
| 1971 | Taking OffWriter | |
| 1970 | BorsalinoWriter | |
| 1969 | The Milky WayWriter | |
| 1969 | Le Grand AmourScreenplay | |
| 1969 | The Swimming PoolWriter | |
| 1969 | The Nail ClippersScreenplay | |
| 1968 | For a Distant LoveWriter | |
| 1967 | Belle de JourScreenplay | |
| 1967 | The Thief of ParisScreenplay | |
| 1966 | Attack of the RobotsScreenplay | |
| 1966 | The Diabolical Dr. ZScreenplay | |
| 1966 | As Long as You've Got Your HealthWriter | |
| 1966 | Hotel ParadisoWriter | |
| 1965 | Viva Maria!Screenplay | |
| 1965 | YoyoScreenplay | |
| 1965 | Bestiary of LoveWriter | |
| 1965 | The Adventures of Robinson CrusoeWriter | |
| 1964 | Diary of a ChambermaidWriter | |
| 1963 | Happy AnniversaryCo-Writer | |
| 1963 | InsomniaWriter | |
| 1962 | The SuitorScreenplay | |
| 1961 | RuptureCo-Writer | |
| - | MicromeoWriter |
| 2006 | Belle ToujoursThanks |