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Aliases: Jean-Claude François Carrière , Jean-Claude Carriere , Jean Claude Carriere , Жан-Клод Каррьер

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France

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Movie Involvements: 167

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Birth
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6

Birth

(2004) Screenplay
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
Average
6
The Tin Drum
Average
7

The Tin Drum

(1979) Screenplay
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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7
Goya's Ghosts
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7

Goya's Ghosts

(2006) Screenplay
That Obscure Object of Desire
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7
Belle de Jour
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7

Belle de Jour

(1967) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self
Self
2021 Self - Screenwriter
2019 Self
Self - Writer
Old Bear (voice)
2018 Self
Monsieur Klein
Self
Himself - Filmmaker
Self
2017 Self
Self
2016 Self - Scriptwriter
2015 Self
2014 Self
Self
2013 Self
Self
Self
2011 Self
Self
2010 Self
Self (scénariste)
The Man at the Square
Himself
2009 Self
2008 Self
2007 Self
2006 Pierre Reymond
Le richa paranoïaque
Self
Self
Self
2005 Self
Himself
2003 Self
Self
2001 David Goldman
Le ministre
2000 Self
Himself
Self
1998 Self
1995 Il governatore
1987 Self
1984 N/A
1983 Self
1982 Self
1981 Le professeur
1979 Un homme à la lecture du testament (non crédité)
Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
Le psychiatre (uncredited)
1978 Prof. Henri Quissard
Fournier
1976 Luc
The ship's captain
1975 Self
Self
1974 Self
1971 François
Hugues
1969 Priscillian
1964 Le curé
1962 TV presenter (uncredited)
Himself
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Screenplay
2022 Writer
2021 Writer
2020 Screenplay
Dialogue
2018 Writer
Writer
2017 Screenplay
2015 Writer
Writer
2013 Screenplay
2012 Screenplay
Writer
2011 Screenplay
Screenplay
2007 Scenario Writer
2006 Writer
Screenplay
2004 Screenplay
2002 Writer
Screenplay
2001 Writer
2000 Writer
Writer
1999 Story
1998 Writer
Writer
1997 Writer
1996 Screenplay
Writer
1995 Screenplay
Screenplay
1992 Writer
Writer
1991 Screenplay
1990 Screenplay
Writer
Screenplay
Writer
1989 Writer
Screenplay
Writer
Screenplay
1988 Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
1986 Writer
Writer
Writer
Scenario Writer
Writer
Dialogue
Writer
1985 Scenario Writer
1984 Writer
1983 Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1982 Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Adaptation
1981 Adaptation
Dialogue
Writer
Screenplay
1980 Scenario Writer
1979 Dialogue
Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
1978 Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Writer
1977 Screenplay
Writer
Screenplay
1975 Writer
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1974 Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1972 Screenplay
Story
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer
1971 Screenplay
Writer
Writer
1970 Writer
1969 Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1968 Writer
1967 Screenplay
Screenplay
1966 Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
1965 Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
1964 Writer
1963 Writer
1962 Screenplay
Co-Writer
1961 Co-Writer
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2006 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1969 Director
1962 Director
1961 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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