Jean-Claude Carrière
Known for Writing
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.
Filmography
L'Œuvre invisible
2026
as Self
The Milky Way
1969
as Priscillian
Certified Copy
2010
as The Man at the Square
Professor Goudet's Lessons
2013
as Self
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964
as Le curé
The Night and the Moment
1995
as Il governatore
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
as Self
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2018
as Self - Filmmaker
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self
Borsalino City
2016
as Self - Scriptwriter
L'Amour nu
1981
as Le professeur
A Little Sun in Cold Water
1971
as François
The Suitor
1962
as TV presenter (uncredited)
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
The Associate
1979
as Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
The Associate
1979
as Un homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited)
Scenes from A Separation
2018
as Self
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table
2001
as David Goldman
The Garden of Torment
1976
as The ship's captain