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Jean-Claude Carrière

Writer, Actor, Director

September 17, 1931 — 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

  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
    The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1972
  • At Eternity's Gate
    At Eternity's Gate2018
  • Goya's Ghosts
    Goya's Ghosts2006
  • Diary of a Chambermaid
    Diary of a Chambermaid1964
  • The Milky Way
    The Milky Way1969
  • Jack the Ripper
    Jack the Ripper1976
  • The Diabolical Dr. Z
    The Diabolical Dr. Z1966

Known For

  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
    The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1972
  • Goya's Ghosts
    Goya's Ghosts2006
  • The Tin Drum
    The Tin Drum1979
  • Belle de Jour
    Belle de Jour1967
  • At Eternity's Gate
    At Eternity's Gate2018
  • Birth
    Birth2004
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
    Cyrano de Bergerac1990
  • That Obscure Object of Desire
    That Obscure Object of Desire1977
  • Certified Copy
    Certified Copy2010
  • The Phantom of Liberty
    The Phantom of Liberty1974
  • A Bigger Splash
    A Bigger Splash2015
  • The Milky Way
    The Milky Way1969
  • Danton
    Danton1983
  • The Swimming Pool
    The Swimming Pool1969
  • Valmont
    Valmont1989
  • Exploits of a Young Don Juan
    Exploits of a Young Don Juan1986
  • Borsalino
    Borsalino1970
  • Diary of a Chambermaid
    Diary of a Chambermaid1964
  • The Return of Martin Guerre
    The Return of Martin Guerre1982

Filmography

2023
The Plough · as Screenplay
2021
Land of Dreams
2021
The Crusade
2018
A Faithful Man
2018
At Eternity's GateOn Plex
2017
Lover for a Day · as Screenplay
2015
In the Shadow of Women
2015
The Petrov File
2012
The Artist and the Model · as Screenplay
2012
The Patience Stone · as Screenplay
2011
Memories of My Melancholy Whores · as Screenplay
2006
Marie-Antoinette
2006
Goya's Ghosts · as ScreenplayOn Plex
2005
Galilée ou L'amour de Dieu
2004
Birth · as Screenplay
2003
Les Thibault
2002
Lettre d'une inconnue
2002
Ruy Blas · as Screenplay
2001
Diamond Earrings
2000
Bérénice
1999
Salsa and Love
1998
Clarissa
1998
War in the Highlands
1997
Chinese Box
1996
The Ogre · as Screenplay
1996
Golden Boy
1995
The Horseman on the Roof · as Screenplay
1994
The Night and the Moment · as Screenplay
1993
Sommersby · as Original Film Writer
1992
The Return of Casanova
1992
La controverse de Valladolid
1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord · as Screenplay
1990
Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990
Cyrano de Bergerac · as Screenplay
1990
May Fools · as Screenplay
1989
The Mahabharata
1989
Valmont · as Screenplay
1989
Hard to Be a God
1989
The Owl's Legacy
1989
The Mahabharata
1989
Une femme tranquille · as Screenplay
1988
The Bengali Night
1988
The Possessed · as Screenplay
1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being · as Screenplay
1986
What Every Frenchwoman Wants
1986
Max My Love
1986
La joven y la tentación
1984
Swann in Love
1983
La tragédie de Carmen
1983
The General of the Dead Army
1983
Danton · as Screenplay
1982
Antonieta
1982
L'indiscrétion
1982
Passion
1982
The Return of Martin Guerre · as Screenplay
1981
Circle of Deceit
1979
The Tin Drum · as Screenplay
1979
Return to the Beloved
1979
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979
L'homme en colère
1979
Slachtvee
1978
Chaussette surprise
1978
Un papillon sur l'épaule · as Screenplay
1977
That Obscure Object of Desire · as Screenplay
1977
Julie Gluepot
1977
Le gang · as Screenplay
1976
Jack the Ripper · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1975
Leonor
1975
Weak Spot · as Screenplay
1975
The Flesh of the Orchid
1975
Serious as Pleasure
1974
The Woman in Red Boots · as Screenplay
1974
The Phantom of Liberty
1974
Lifesize
1974
France, Incorporated
1974
Dorothea's Revenge · as Screenplay
1972
Le moine · as Screenplay
1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1972
Le droit d'aimer · as Screenplay
1972
Liza
1971
A Few Hours of Sunlight · as Screenplay
1971
Taking Off
1970
The Wedding Ring
1970
Borsalino
1969
Le Grand Amour · as Screenplay
1969
The Milky WayOn Plex
1969
The Swimming Pool
1968
Pour un amour lointain
1967
Belle de Jour · as Screenplay
1967
The Thief of Paris · as Screenplay
1966
Hotel Paradiso
1966
The Diabolical Dr. Z · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1966
Cartes sur table · as Screenplay
1966
As Long as You've Got Your Health
1965
Viva Maria! · as Screenplay
1965
The Lair of Love
1965
Yoyo · as Screenplay
1964
Robinson Crusoe (1964)
1964
Diary of a ChambermaidOn Plex
1962
The Suitor · as Screenplay