Jean-Claude Carrière
Writing
Born September 17, 1931 · Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
Died February 8, 2021
Also known as Jean-Claude François Carrière · Jean-Claude Carriere · Jean Claude Carriere
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.
Awards & recognition
- Commander of the Legion of Honour · 2017
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2016
- Academy Honorary Award · 2015
- Commander of the National Order of Merit · 2013
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1963
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- Jean-Le-Duc award
- Padma Shri in literature and education
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1978 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1963 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Owl's Legacy
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Phantom of Liberty
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Cyrano de Bergerac
Belle de Jour
The Milky Way
Diary of a Chambermaid
Happy Anniversary
At Eternity's Gate
The Patience Stone
Certified Copy
The Tin Drum
The Swimming Pool
Yoyo
May Fools
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Borsalino
Danton
Valmont
The Return of Martin Guerre
Goya's Ghosts
Le Grand Amour
The Ogre
Sommersby
A Bigger Splash
Every Man for Himself
Le gang
The Outside Man
As Long as You've Got Your Health
Rupture
The Artist and the Model
Hard to Be a God
Birth
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Chinese Box
The Diabolical Dr. Z
The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel
Max My Love
Swann in Love
L'Homme en colère
The Salt of Tears
A Faithful Man
In the Shadow of Women
Attack of the Robots
The Wolf at the Door
Land of Dreams