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
2026
- L'Œuvre invisible as Self
2023
- The Plough ... (Screenplay)
2022
- Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel as Self
- Land of Dreams ... (Writer)
- Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau as Self
2021
- The Crusade ... (Writer)
- Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance as Self - Screenwriter
2020
- The Salt of Tears ... (Dialogue)
2019
- Fifty Years Later as Self
- Mostashregh as Self
- Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason as Self - Writer
2018
- At Eternity's Gate ... (Writer)
- Searching for Ingmar Bergman as Self - Filmmaker
- A Faithful Man ... (Writer)
- The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein as Self
- Scenes from A Separation as Self
- The Collection as Monsieur Klein
- Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves as Self
2017
- Lover for a Day ... (Screenplay)
- Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self
- Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens as Self
2016
- Borsalino City as Self - Scriptwriter
2015
- A Bigger Splash ... (Adaptation)
- In the Shadow of Women ... (Writer)
- The Petrov File ... (Writer)
- Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin as Self
- Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí as Self
2014
- Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau as Self
- Los chicos de la foto as Self
- The Mystery of the King of Kinema as Self
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
- Harold et Maude ... (Writer)
- The Artist and the Model ... (Screenplay)
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
- Miloš Forman as Self
- Il était une fois... « King Kong » as Self (scénariste)
- And the blue sky as Himself
2009
2008
2006
- Una belleza nueva as Self
- Goya's Ghosts ... (Screenplay)
- Avida as Le richa paranoïaque
- Belle Toujours ... (Thanks)
- Un Ange dans les marécages as Self
- Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire ... (Writer)
- Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' as Self
- The Secret Book as Pierre Reymond
2005
- Une promenade parmi les ombres as Himself
- Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God as Self
2004
- Birth ... (Screenplay)
- The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth as Self
2003
- Un film et son époque as Self
- Gala as Self
- Les Thibault as Maître Roubiot
2002
- Biblioteca Mindlin
- Ruy Blas ... (Screenplay)
- The Battle of Hernani ... (Writer)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman ... (Writer)
2001
- Madame De... as Le ministre
- Bunuel and King Solomon's Table as David Goldman
2000
- Salsa ... (Writer)
- Buñuel in Hollywood as Self
- Bérénice ... (Writer)
- Speaking of Buñuel as Self
- Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète as Self
1999
- Broken Dolls ... (Story)
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- War in the Highlands ... (Writer)
- Les paradoxes de Buñuel as Self
- Clarissa ... (Writer)
1997
- Chinese Box ... (Writer)
1996
- Golden Boy ... (Writer)
- The Ogre ... (Screenplay)
1995
- The Horseman on the Roof ... (Screenplay)
- The Night and the Moment as The Governor
- La duchesse de Langeais ... (Writer)
1993
- Sommersby ... (Original Film 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)
- The Mahabharata ... (Writer)
- May Fools ... (Screenplay)
- Bouvard et Pécuchet as Récitant
- The Mahabharata ... (Writer)
- Hard to Be a God ... (Writer)
1989
- Valmont ... (Screenplay)
- The Owl's Legacy ... (Writer)
- The Silent Woman ... (Screenplay)
- J'écris dans l'espace ... (Screenplay)
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)
- Sea Workers ... (Writer)
- Max My Love ... (Writer)
- The Young Girl and Hell ... (Writer)
- L'unique ... (Writer)
- The Discoveries of a Modern Couple ... (Writer)
1985
- Lancement réussi ... (Scenario Writer)
1984
- Swann in Love ... (Writer)
- L'aide-mémoire ... (Writer)
- Vive les femmes ! as The deaf-mute
- The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Self
1983
- Danton ... (Screenplay)
- Credo ... (Writer)
- Side Roads ... (Writer)
- The General of the Dead Army ... (Writer)
- The Tragedy of Carmen ... (Writer)
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- The Return of Martin Guerre ... (Screenplay)
- Godard's Passion ... (Writer)
- La Cerisaie ... (Adaptation)
- L'Indiscrétion ... (Writer)
- Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario as Self
- Antonieta ... (Writer)
- The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan ... (Writer)
1981
- Circle of Deceit ... (Writer)
- L'Amour nu as Le professeur
- Black Mirror ... (Screenplay)
- La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet ... (Dialogue)
1980
- Every Man for Himself ... (Writer)
1979
- The Tin Drum ... (Screenplay)
- L'Homme en colère ... (Writer)
- Beef Cattle ... (Writer)
- The Associate as Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
- Return to the Beloved ... (Writer)
- These Kids Are Grown-Ups as Le psychiatre (uncredited)
1978
- Photo-souvenir as Prof. Henri Quissard
- Le Franc-tireur ... (Writer)
- Butterfly on the Shoulder ... (Screenplay)
- Surprise Sock as Fournier
1977
- That Obscure Object of Desire ... (Screenplay)
- The Gang ... (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
- Flesh of the Orchid ... (Writer)
- Serious as Pleasure as Le chef d'etage (uncredited)
- Weak Spot ... (Screenplay)
- Leonor ... (Writer)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- The Phantom of Liberty ... (Writer)
- Dorothea's Revenge ... (Screenplay)
- Life Size ... (Writer)
- The Woman with Red Boots ... (Screenplay)
- France, Incorporated ... (Writer)
1972
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ... (Screenplay)
- The Monk ... (Screenplay)
- The Outside Man ... (Story)
- Liza ... (Writer)
- The Right to Love ... (Screenplay)
1971
- Taking Off ... (Writer)
- The Wedding Ring as Hugues
- A Little Sun in Cold Water as François
1970
- Borsalino ... (Writer)
1969
- The Swimming Pool ... (Writer)
- The Milky Way as Priscillian
- Le Grand Amour ... (Screenplay)
- The Nail Clippers ... (Director)
1968
- For a Distant Love ... (Writer)
1967
- Belle de Jour ... (Screenplay)
- The Thief of Paris ... (Screenplay)
1966
- As Long as You've Got Your Health ... (Writer)
- The Diabolical Dr. Z ... (Screenplay)
- Hotel Paradiso ... (Writer)
- Attack of the Robots ... (Screenplay)
1965
- Viva Maria! ... (Screenplay)
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ... (Writer)
- Yoyo ... (Screenplay)
- 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)