Jean-Claude Carrière
Born: 1931-09-17 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
Died: 2021-02-08
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Alexandre Trannoy - L’Œuvre invisible as Self (archive footage)
2023
- The Plough ... (Screenplay)
2022
- Land of Dreams ... (Writer)
- Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau as Self
- Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel as Self
2021
- Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance as Self - Screenwriter
- The Crusade ... (Writer)
2020
- The Salt of Tears ... (Dialogue)
2019
- Mostashregh as Self
- Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason as Self - Writer
- Fifty Years Later as Self
2018
- A Faithful Man ... (Writer)
- Searching for Ingmar Bergman as Self - Filmmaker
- The Collection as Monsieur Klein
- At Eternity's Gate ... (Writer)
- Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves as Self
- The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein as Self
- Scenes from A Separation as Self
2017
- Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self
- Lover for a Day ... (Screenplay)
- Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens as Self
2016
- Borsalino City as Self - Scriptwriter
2015
- A Bigger Splash ... (Adaptation)
- In the Shadow of Women ... (Writer)
- Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí as Self
- Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin as Self
- The Petrov File ... (Writer)
2014
2013
- The Patience Stone ... (Screenplay)
- Professor Goudet's Lessons as Self
- Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' as Self
- En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel as Self
2012
- The Artist and the Model ... (Screenplay)
- Harold et Maude ... (Writer)
2011
- Memories of My Melancholy Whores ... (Screenplay)
- Carrière, 250 Meters as Self
- Pierre Étaix, un destin animé as Self
2010
- Certified Copy as The Man at the Square
- And the blue sky as Himself
- Il était une fois... « King Kong » as Self (scénariste)
- Miloš Forman as Self
2009
2008
2006
- Goya's Ghosts ... (Screenplay)
- Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire ... (Writer)
- Belle Toujours ... (Thanks)
- Avida as Le richa paranoïaque
- Una belleza nueva as Self
- Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' as Self
- The Secret Book as Pierre Reymond
- Un Ange dans les marécages as Self
2005
- Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God as Self
- Une promenade parmi les ombres as Himself
2004
- Birth ... (Screenplay)
- The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth as Self
2003
- Un film et son époque as Self
- Les Thibault as Maître Roubiot
- Gala as Self
2002
- Ruy Blas ... (Screenplay)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman ... (Writer)
- The Battle of Hernani ... (Writer)
- Biblioteca Mindlin
2001
- Bunuel and King Solomon's Table as David Goldman
- Madame De... as Le ministre
2000
- Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète as Self
- Salsa ... (Writer)
- Speaking of Buñuel as Self
- Buñuel in Hollywood as Self
- Bérénice ... (Writer)
1999
- Broken Dolls ... (Story)
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- Clarissa ... (Writer)
- War in the Highlands ... (Writer)
- Les paradoxes de Buñuel as Self
1997
- Chinese Box ... (Writer)
1996
- The Ogre ... (Screenplay)
- Golden Boy ... (Writer)
1995
- The Horseman on the Roof ... (Screenplay)
- The Night and the Moment as Il governatore
- La duchesse de Langeais ... (Writer)
1992
- The Return of Casanova ... (Writer)
- Dispute in Valladolid ... (Writer)
1991
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord ... (Screenplay)
1990
- Cyrano de Bergerac ... (Screenplay)
- May Fools ... (Screenplay)
- Hard to Be a God ... (Writer)
- The Mahabharata ... (Writer)
- Bouvard et Pécuchet as Récitant
- The Mahabharata ... (Writer)
1989
- Valmont ... (Screenplay)
- J'écris dans l'espace ... (Screenplay)
- The Silent Woman ... (Screenplay)
- The Owl's Legacy ... (Writer)
1988
- The Possessed ... (Screenplay)
- The Bengali Night ... (Writer)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being ... (Screenplay)
1987
- Nulle part ailleurs as Self
- Matin Bonheur as Self
1986
- Exploits of a Young Don Juan ... (Writer)
- The Wolf at the Door ... (Scenario Writer)
- Max My Love ... (Writer)
- L'Unique ... (Writer)
- The Young Girl and Hell ... (Writer)
- The Discoveries of a Modern Couple ... (Writer)
1985
- Lancement réussi ... (Scenario Writer)
1984
- Vive les femmes ! as The deaf-mute
- Swann in Love ... (Writer)
- The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- L'aide-mémoire ... (Writer)
1983
- Danton ... (Screenplay)
- The Tragedy of Carmen ... (Writer)
- Side Roads ... (Writer)
- The General of the Dead Army ... (Writer)
- Credo ... (Writer)
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Godard's Passion ... (Writer)
- Antonieta ... (Writer)
- The Return of Martin Guerre ... (Screenplay)
- L'Indiscrétion ... (Writer)
- The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan ... (Writer)
- La Cerisaie ... (Adaptation)
- Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
1981
- Black Mirror ... (Screenplay)
- Circle of Deceit ... (Writer)
- L'Amour nu as Le professeur
- La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet ... (Adaptation)
1980
- Every Man for Himself ... (Scenario Writer)
1979
- The Tin Drum ... (Screenplay)
- The Associate as Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
- L'Homme en colère ... (Writer)
- Beef Cattle ... (Writer)
- Return to the Beloved ... (Writer)
- These Kids Are Grown-Ups as Le psychiatre (uncredited)
1978
- Surprise Sock as Fournier
- Butterfly on the Shoulder ... (Screenplay)
- Photo-souvenir as Prof. Henri Quissard
- Le Franc-tireur ... (Writer)
1977
- The Gang ... (Screenplay)
- That Obscure Object of Desire ... (Screenplay)
- Julie pot-de-colle ... (Writer)
1976
- The Garden of Torment as The ship's captain
- The Game of Solitaire as Luc
1975
- Apostrophes as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Leonor ... (Writer)
- Weak Spot ... (Screenplay)
- Flesh of the Orchid ... (Writer)
- Serious as Pleasure ... (Writer)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Life Size ... (Writer)
- The Phantom of Liberty ... (Writer)
- France, Incorporated ... (Writer)
- The Woman with Red Boots ... (Screenplay)
- Dorothea's Revenge ... (Screenplay)
1972
- Liza ... (Writer)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ... (Screenplay)
- The Monk ... (Screenplay)
- The Outside Man ... (Story)
- The Right to Love ... (Screenplay)
1971
- The Wedding Ring as Hugues
- Taking Off ... (Writer)
- A Little Sun in Cold Water as François
1970
- Borsalino ... (Writer)
1969
- The Milky Way as Priscillian
- The Swimming Pool ... (Writer)
- Le Grand Amour ... (Screenplay)
- The Nail Clippers ... (Director)
1968
- For a Distant Love ... (Writer)
1967
- The Thief of Paris ... (Screenplay)
- Belle de Jour ... (Screenplay)
1966
- The Diabolical Dr. Z ... (Screenplay)
- Attack of the Robots ... (Screenplay)
- As Long as You've Got Your Health ... (Writer)
- Hotel Paradiso ... (Writer)
1965
- Viva Maria! ... (Screenplay)
- Yoyo ... (Screenplay)
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ... (Writer)
- Bestiary of Love ... (Writer)
1964
- Diary of a Chambermaid as Le curé
1963
- Happy Anniversary ... (Co-Writer)
- Insomnia ... (Writer)
1962
- The Suitor as TV presenter (uncredited)
1961
- Rupture ... (Co-Writer)