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Jean-Claude Carrière

Born 1931-09-17

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

At Eternity's Gate 2018 · 7.4 Belle de Jour 1967 · 7.6 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 · 7.8 Birth 2004 · 6.3 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988 · 7.2 Goya's Ghosts 2006 · 6.9 Certified Copy 2010 · 7.2 Cyrano de Bergerac 1990 · 7.5 That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 · 7.8 The Tin Drum 1979 · 7.4 The Phantom of Liberty 1974 · 7.8 The Swimming Pool 1969 · 7.1 Valmont 1989 · 7.0 Diary of a Chambermaid 1964 · 7.4 Danton 1983 · 7.4 The Horseman on the Roof 1995 · 7.0 What Every Frenchwoman Wants 1986 · 5.6 The Patience Stone 2013 · 7.1 Borsalino 1970 · 6.8 Taking Off 1971 · 7.4 A Faithful Man 2018 · 6.2 Viva Maria! 1965 · 6.3 Chinese Box 1997 · 6.2 At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991 · 6.8 May Fools 1990 · 7.2 Passion 1982 · 6.2 Lover for a Day 2017 · 6.6 Swann in Love 1984 · 6.5 The Artist and the Model 2012 · 6.6 In the Shadow of Women 2015 · 6.5 Le Grand Amour 1969 · 7.5 Max My Love 1986 · 6.0 Liza 1972 · 6.5 The Salt of Tears 2020 · 6.1 As Long as You've Got Your Health 1966 · 7.1 Searching for Ingmar Bergman 2018 · 6.7 The Possessed 1988 · 6.3 Land of Dreams 2022 · 4.9 Retour à la bien-aimée 1979 · 5.6 Ils sont grands ces petits 1979 · 5.0 France société anonyme 1974 · 5.2 Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens 2017 · 6.9