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Jean-Claude Carrière

Writer, Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born September 17, 1931Died February 8, 2021 (89 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • At Eternity's Gate
  • Goya's Ghosts
  • Diary of a Chambermaid
  • The Milky Way
  • Jack the Ripper
  • The Diabolical Dr. Z
  • Cartes sur table

Known For

  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • Birth
  • At Eternity's Gate
  • Goya's Ghosts
  • Belle de Jour
  • Sommersby
  • A Bigger Splash
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Diary of a Chambermaid
  • That Obscure Object of Desire
  • Certified Copy
  • The Phantom of Liberty
  • The Tin Drum
  • Danton
  • The Swimming Pool
  • Valmont
  • What Every Frenchwoman Wants
  • Borsalino
  • The Return of Martin Guerre
  • The Associate
  • A Faithful Man
  • Viva Maria!
  • The Milky Way

Filmography

2023
The Plough · as Screenplay
2021
2021
2018
2018
2017
Lover for a Day · as Screenplay
2015
2015
2012
The Artist and the Model · as Screenplay
2012
The Patience Stone · as Screenplay
2011
2006
2006
Goya's Ghosts · as Screenplay
2005
2004
Birth · as Screenplay
2003
Les Thibault (TV Series)
2002
2002
Ruy Blas · as Screenplay
2001
2000
1999
1998
1998
1997
1996
The Ogre · as Screenplay
1996
1995
The Horseman on the Roof · as Screenplay
1994
The Night and the Moment · as Screenplay
1992
1992
1991
1990
1990
Cyrano de Bergerac · as Screenplay
1990
May Fools · as Screenplay
1989
1989
Valmont · as Screenplay
1989
1989
The Owl's Legacy (TV Series)
1988
1988
The Possessed · as Screenplay
1988
1986
1986
1986
1984
1983
1983
1983
Danton · as Screenplay
1982
1982
1982
1982
1981
1979
The Tin Drum · as Screenplay
1979
1979
1979
1979
1978
1978
Un papillon sur l'épaule · as Screenplay
1977
1977
1977
Le gang · as Screenplay
1976
Jack the Ripper · as Screenplay
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series)
1975
1975
Weak Spot · as Screenplay
1975
1975
1974
The Woman in Red Boots · as Screenplay
1974
1974
1974
Dorothea's Revenge · as Screenplay
1972
Le moine · as Screenplay
1972
1972
Le droit d'aimer · as Screenplay
1972
1971
A Few Hours of Sunlight · as Screenplay
1971
1970
1970
1969
Le Grand Amour · as Screenplay
1969
1969
1968
1967
Belle de Jour · as Screenplay
1967
The Thief of Paris · as Screenplay
1966
1966
1966
Cartes sur table · as Screenplay
1966
1965
Viva Maria! · as Screenplay
1965
1965
Yoyo · as Screenplay
1964
1964
1962
The Suitor · as Screenplay

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