Jean-Claude Carrière

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

Apostrophes

Spécial cinéma

Champs-Elysées

Vivement dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Nulle part ailleurs

Un film et son époque

Les Thibault

All Movies (67)

• L'Œuvre invisible2026 · as Self
• Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel2022 · as Self
• Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau2022 · as Self
• Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance2021 · as Self - Screenwriter
• Fifty Years Later2019 · as Self
• Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason2019 · as Self - Writer
• Mostashregh2019 · as Self
• The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein2018 · as Self
• The Collection2018 · as Monsieur Klein
• Scenes from A Separation2018 · as Self
• Searching for Ingmar Bergman2018 · as Self - Filmmaker
• Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves2018 · as Self
• Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait2017 · as Self
• Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens2017 · as Self
• Borsalino City2016 · as Self - Scriptwriter
• Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí2015 · as Self
• Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin2015 · as Self
• Los chicos de la foto2014 · as Self
• Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau2014 · as Self
• The Mystery of the King of Kinema2014 · as Self
• En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel2013 · as Self
• Professor Goudet's Lessons2013 · as Self
• Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'2013 · as Self
• Carrière, 250 Meters2011 · as Self
• Pierre Étaix, un destin animé2011 · as Self
• Miloš Forman2010 · as Self
• Il était une fois... « King Kong »2010 · as Self (scénariste)
• Certified Copy2010 · as The Man at the Square
• And the blue sky2010 · as Himself
• Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…2009 · as Self
• The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel2008 · as Self
• Rituals2007 · as Self
• The Secret Book2006 · as Pierre Reymond
• Avida2006 · as Le richa paranoïaque
• Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'2006 · as Self
• Un Ange dans les marécages2006 · as Self
• Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God2005 · as Self
• Une promenade parmi les ombres2005 · as Himself
• The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth2004 · as Self
• Gala2003 · as Self
• Biblioteca Mindlin2002
• Bunuel and King Solomon's Table2001 · as David Goldman
• Madame De...2001 · as Le ministre
• Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète2000 · as Self
• Speaking of Buñuel2000 · as Self
• Buñuel in Hollywood2000 · as Self
• Les paradoxes de Buñuel1998 · as Self
• The Night and the Moment1995 · as Il governatore
• Bouvard et Pécuchet1990 · as Récitant
• Vive les femmes !1984 · as The deaf-mute
• The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel1984 · as Self
• Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario1982 · as Self
• L'Amour nu1981 · as Le professeur
• The Associate1979 · as Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
• The Associate1979 · as Un homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited)
• These Kids Are Grown-Ups1979 · as Le psychiatre (uncredited)
• Photo-souvenir1978 · as Prof. Henri Quissard
• Surprise Sock1978 · as Fournier
• The Game of Solitaire1976 · as Luc
• The Garden of Torment1976 · as The ship's captain
• Serious as Pleasure1975 · as Le chef d'etage (uncredited)
• A Little Sun in Cold Water1971 · as François
• The Wedding Ring1971 · as Hugues
• The Milky Way1969 · as Priscillian
• Diary of a Chambermaid1964 · as Le curé
• The Suitor1962 · as TV presenter (uncredited)
• The Arbitrariness of Desire— · as Himself

All TV Shows (10)

• Una belleza nueva2006 · as Self
• Les Thibault2003 · as Maître Roubiot
• Un film et son époque2003 · as Self
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Nulle part ailleurs1987 · as Self
• Matin Bonheur1987 · as Self
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self