
Jean-Claude Carrière
Known for Writing · 76 credits
- Born
- 1931-09-17
- Died
- 2021-02-08
- Place of birth
- Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
- Also known as
- Jean-Claude François Carrière · Jean-Claude Carriere · Jean Claude Carriere · Жан-Клод Каррьер
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
TV Shows (10)

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Apostrophes
1975
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self

Un film et son époque
2003
as Self
Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self

Una belleza nueva
2006
as Self

Les Thibault
2003
as Maître Roubiot
Movies (66)

The Associate
1979
as Un homme présent à la lecture du testament / Un homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited)

Certified Copy
2010
as The Man at the Square
Gala
2003
as Self

Diary of a Chambermaid
1964
as Le curé

Avida
2006
as Le richa paranoïaque
Photo-souvenir
1978
as Prof. Henri Quissard

Surprise Sock
1978
as Fournier

L'Œuvre invisible
2026
as Self

The Milky Way
1969
as Priscillian

Serious as Pleasure
1975
as Le chef d'etage (uncredited)

Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self

Madame De...
2001
as Le ministre

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table
2001
as David Goldman

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self

L'Amour nu
1981
as Le professeur

Vive les femmes !
1984
as The deaf-mute
Mostashregh
2019
as Self

A Little Sun in Cold Water
1971
as François

Borsalino City
2016
as Self - Scriptwriter

Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens
2017
as Self

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self

The Night and the Moment
1995
as Il governatore

Speaking of Buñuel
2000
as Self

These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979
as Le psychiatre (uncredited)

Scenes from A Separation
2018
as Self

Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2022
as Self

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
as Self

Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'
2013
as Self

Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
2021
as Self - Screenwriter

Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2018
as Self - Filmmaker

Carrière, 250 Meters
2011
as Self

The Suitor
1962
as TV presenter (uncredited)

The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel
2008
as Self
Miloš Forman
2010
as Self

The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
2018
as Self

Professor Goudet's Lessons
2013
as Self
Un Ange dans les marécages
2006
as Self

The Game of Solitaire
1976
as Luc

The Collection
2018
as Monsieur Klein

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
as Self

Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
2022
as Self
The Secret Book
2006
as Pierre Reymond

Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
1982
as Self

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
2000
as Self

Il était une fois... « King Kong »
2010
as Self (scénariste)

Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
2015
as Self

Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990
as Récitant

Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
2006
as Self

En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
as Self

The Garden of Torment
1976
as The ship's captain

Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
2015
as Self

Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011
as Self

Los chicos de la foto
2014
as Self

The Wedding Ring
1971
as Hugues

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God
2005
as Self

And the blue sky
2010
as Himself

Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason
2019
as Self - Writer

Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves
2018
as Self

Fifty Years Later
2019
as Self
Biblioteca Mindlin
2002
Rituals
2007
as Self

The Mystery of the King of Kinema
2014
as Self

Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
as Self

The Arbitrariness of Desire
as Himself

Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau
2014
as Self
Une promenade parmi les ombres
2005
as Himself
About Jean-Claude Carrière
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). Ca… With 76 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Jean-Claude Carrière has appeared in 66 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean-Claude Carrière Movies
- The Associate (1979) — as Un homme présent à la lecture du testament / Un homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited)
- Certified Copy (2010) — as The Man at the Square
- Gala (2003) — as Self
- Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) — as Le curé
- Avida (2006) — as Le richa paranoïaque
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