About
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
Exploits of a Young Don JuanMovie • 1986
BirthMovie • 2004
The Tin DrumMovie • 1979
ValmontMovie • 1989
The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieMovie • 1972
Belle de JourMovie • 1967
At Eternity's GateMovie • 2018
SommersbyMovie • 1993
A Bigger SplashMovie • 2015
DantonMovie • 1983
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMovie • 1988
The Swimming PoolMovie • 1969
The Return of CasanovaMovie • 1992
Goya's GhostsMovie • 2006
The CrusadeMovie • 2021
The PossessedMovie • 1988
That Obscure Object of DesireMovie • 1977
Certified CopyMovie • 2010
Cyrano de BergeracMovie • 1990
Weak SpotMovie • 1975
Viva Maria!Movie • 1965
Every Man for HimselfMovie • 1980
The SuitorMovie • 1962
The Phantom of LibertyMovie • 1974