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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Certified Copy (2010) — The Man at the Square
2. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) — Le curé
3. The Milky Way (1969) — Priscillian
4. Avida (2006) — Le richa paranoïaque
5. The Suitor (1962) — TV presenter (uncredited)
6. Bunuel and King Solomon's Table (2001) — David Goldman
7. Vive les femmes ! (1984) — The deaf-mute
8. Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018) — Self - Filmmaker
9. Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017) — Self
10. The Garden of Torment (1976) — The ship's captain
11. The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein (2018) — Self
12. These Kids Are Grown-Ups (1979) — Le psychiatre (uncredited)
13. Speaking of Buñuel (2000) — Self
14. The Associate (1979) — Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
15. Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009) — Self
16. L'Amour nu (1981) — Le professeur
17. The Night and the Moment (1995) — The Governor
18. Serious as Pleasure (1975) — Le chef d'etage (uncredited)
19. A Little Sun in Cold Water (1971) — François
20. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
21. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
22. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
23. The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (2008) — Self
24. Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel (2022) — Self
25. The Wedding Ring (1971) — Hugues
26. Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance (2021) — Self - Screenwriter
27. Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens (2017) — Self
28. Les Thibault (2003) — Maître Roubiot
29. Surprise Sock (1978) — Fournier
30. Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015) — Self
31. Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason (2019) — Self - Writer
32. Bouvard et Pécuchet (1990) — Récitant
33. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
34. Gala (2003) — Self
35. Pierre Étaix, un destin animé (2011) — Self
36. Madame De... (2001) — Le ministre
37. Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God (2005) — Self
38. The Collection (2018) — Monsieur Klein
39. Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète (2000) — Self
40. Buñuel in Hollywood (2000) — Self

Directed

1. Happy Anniversary (1963) — Director
2. Rupture (1961) — Director
3. The Nail Clippers (1969) — Director