Jean-Claude Carrière
Writing
Born September 17, 1931 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
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
The Arbitrariness of Desire
Himself
Micromeo
L'Œuvre invisible
Self
The Plough
Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
Self
Land of Dreams
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Self
The Crusade
Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
Self - Screenwriter
The Salt of Tears
Fifty Years Later
Self
Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason
Self - Writer
A Faithful Man
At Eternity's Gate
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
Self
The Collection
Monsieur Klein
Scenes from A Separation
Self
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Self - Filmmaker
Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves
Self
Lover for a Day
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self
Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens
Self
Borsalino City
Self - Scriptwriter
A Bigger Splash
In the Shadow of Women
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
Self
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Self
The Petrov File
Los chicos de la foto
Self
Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau
Self
The Mystery of the King of Kinema
Self
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
Self
Professor Goudet's Lessons
Self
The Patience Stone
Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'
Self
The Artist and the Model
Harold et Maude
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Carrière, 250 Meters
Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Self
Il était une fois... « King Kong »
Self (scénariste)
Certified Copy
The Man at the Square
And the blue sky
Himself
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel
Self
Ulzhan
Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire
Goya's Ghosts
Avida
Le richa paranoïaque
Belle Toujours
Una belleza nueva
Self
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
Self
Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God
Self
Birth
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Self
Les Thibault
Maître Roubiot
Un film et son époque
Self
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Ruy Blas
The Battle of Hernani
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table
David Goldman
Madame De...
Le ministre
Bérénice
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Self
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self
Salsa
Broken Dolls
Clarissa
War in the Highlands
Vivement dimanche
Self
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self
Chinese Box
The Ogre
Golden Boy
The Horseman on the Roof
La duchesse de Langeais
The Night and the Moment
The Governor
Sommersby
Dispute in Valladolid
The Return of Casanova
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Récitant
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Mahabharata
Hard to Be a God
May Fools
The Mahabharata
Valmont
The Owl's Legacy
The Bengali Night
The Possessed
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
The Discoveries of a Modern Couple
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
Max My Love
The Wolf at the Door
Sea Workers
L'unique
The Young Girl and Hell
Vive les femmes !
The deaf-mute
Swann in Love
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Self
L'aide-mémoire
The Tragedy of Carmen
The General of the Dead Army
Side Roads
Credo
Danton
Antonieta
L'Indiscrétion
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Godard's Passion
The Return of Martin Guerre
Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
Self
La Cerisaie
Champs-Elysées
Self
La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet
Circle of Deceit
L'Amour nu
Le professeur
Black Mirror
Every Man for Himself
The Associate
Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
The Tin Drum
Return to the Beloved
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Le psychiatre (uncredited)
L'Homme en colère
Beef Cattle
Surprise Sock
Fournier
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Le Franc-tireur
That Obscure Object of Desire
Julie pot-de-colle
The Gang
The Game of Solitaire
Luc
The Garden of Torment
The ship's captain
Leonor
Flesh of the Orchid
Serious as Pleasure
Le chef d'etage (uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Apostrophes
Self
Weak Spot
The Woman with Red Boots
Spécial cinéma
Self
The Phantom of Liberty
Life Size
France, Incorporated
Dorothea's Revenge
The Outside Man
The Monk
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Right to Love
Liza
A Little Sun in Cold Water
François
Taking Off
The Wedding Ring
Hugues
Borsalino
Le Grand Amour
The Milky Way
Priscillian
The Swimming Pool
The Nail Clippers
For a Distant Love
Belle de Jour
The Thief of Paris
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Attack of the Robots
Hotel Paradiso
As Long as You've Got Your Health
Viva Maria!
Bestiary of Love
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Yoyo
Diary of a Chambermaid
Le curé
Happy Anniversary
Insomnia
The Suitor
TV presenter (uncredited)
Rupture