Jean-Claude Carrière
Known for: Writing
Born: September 17, 1931
Died: February 8, 2021
Place of birth: Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
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.
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Filmography
179 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
NR
L'Œuvre invisible
2026
5.5
The Plough
2023
7.5
Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
2022
4.3
Land of Dreams
2022
6.0
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2022
5.2
The Crusade
2021
5.9
Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
2021
5.5
The Salt of Tears
2020
NR
Fifty Years Later
2019
7.2
Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason
20197.0
Mostashregh
2019
5.5
A Faithful Man
2018
7.0
At Eternity's Gate
2018
8.1
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
2018
7.3
The Collection
2018
0.5
Scenes from A Separation
2018
5.9
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
2018
10.0
Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves
2018
6.2
Lover for a Day
2017
7.3
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
7.1
Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens
2017
7.5
Borsalino City
2016
6.1
A Bigger Splash
2015
5.5
In the Shadow of Women
2015
3.0
Eduardo Ducay: el cine que siempre estuvo ahí
2015
5.2
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
2015
8.0
The Petrov File
2015
7.0
Los chicos de la foto
2014
NR
Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau
2014
6.0
The Mystery of the King of Kinema
2014
1.0
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
NR
Professor Goudet's Lessons
2013
7.0
The Patience Stone
2013
NR
Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'
2013
6.1
The Artist and the Model
2012
NR
Harold et Maude
2012
6.4
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2011
10.0
Carrière, 250 Meters
2011
5.7
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011NR
Miloš Forman
2010
NR
Il était une fois... « King Kong »
2010
7.0
Certified Copy
2010
NR
And the blue sky
2010
6.5
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
5.7
The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel
2008
5.9
Ulzhan
20078.0
Rituals
2007
7.0
Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire
20067.3
The Secret Book
2006
6.6
Goya's Ghosts
2006
5.8
Avida
2006
6.0
Belle Toujours
2006
2.0
Una belleza nueva
2006
NR
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
2006NR
Un Ange dans les marécages
2006
5.5
Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God
2005NR
Une promenade parmi les ombres
2005
6.1
Birth
2004
9.0
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
6.0
Les Thibault
20037.3
Gala
2003
10.0
Un film et son époque
2003
5.2
Letter from an Unknown Woman
2002
6.3
Ruy Blas
2002NR
Biblioteca Mindlin
2002
10.0
The Battle of Hernani
2002
5.4
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table
2001
9.0
Madame De...
2001
7.3
Bérénice
2000
7.5
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
2000
6.0
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
8.0
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
6.5
Salsa
2000
2.5
Broken Dolls
1999
5.3
Clarissa
1998
4.5
War in the Highlands
1998
3.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
9.0
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
5.8
Chinese Box
1997
6.4
The Ogre
1996
6.5
Golden Boy
1996
6.5
The Horseman on the Roof
1995
8.0
La duchesse de Langeais
1995
4.9
The Night and the Moment
1995
6.4
Sommersby
1993
6.9
Dispute in Valladolid
1992
6.0
The Return of Casanova
1992
6.6
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
5.4
Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990
7.3
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990
6.0
The Mahabharata
1990
6.0
Hard to Be a God
1990
6.9
May Fools
1990
7.1
The Mahabharata
1990
6.7
Valmont
1989NR
Making 'The Mahabharata'
19895.5
J'écris dans l'espace
1989
9.0
The Owl's Legacy
19899.0
The Silent Woman
1989
6.6
The Bengali Night
1988
5.6
The Possessed
1988
6.8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
6.1
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
NR
Matin Bonheur
1987
5.5
The Discoveries of a Modern Couple
1986
6.2
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986
5.8
Max My Love
1986
5.3
The Wolf at the Door
1986
NR
Sea Workers
1986
7.0
L'unique
1986
4.0
The Young Girl and Hell
1986NR
Lancement réussi
1985
4.3
Vive les femmes !
1984
5.6
Swann in Love
1984
7.0
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
9.0
L'aide-mémoire
1984
8.0
The Tragedy of Carmen
1983
6.3
The General of the Dead Army
1983
5.0
Side Roads
1983
NR
Credo
1983
6.9
Danton
1983
5.3
Antonieta
1982
5.2
L'Indiscrétion
1982
9.0
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
1982
5.6
Godard's Passion
1982
6.7
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
NR
Passion, le travail et l'amour: Introduction à un scénario
1982
4.7
La Cerisaie
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
9.0
La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet
1981
6.1
Circle of Deceit
1981
5.0
L'Amour nu
1981
9.0
Black Mirror
1981
NR
Lundi
1980
6.2
Every Man for Himself
1980
6.5
The Associate
1979
7.0
The Tin Drum
1979
6.3
Return to the Beloved
1979
4.7
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979
5.6
L'Homme en colère
1979
4.5
Beef Cattle
1979
8.0
Photo-souvenir
1978
5.5
Surprise Sock
1978
5.9
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978
6.8
Le Franc-tireur
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
7.5
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
4.4
Julie pot-de-colle
1977
6.1
The Gang
1977
10.0
The Game of Solitaire
1976
4.6
The Garden of Torment
1976
5.7
Leonor
1975
5.5
Flesh of the Orchid
1975
3.9
Serious as Pleasure
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
8.5
Apostrophes
1975
6.5
Weak Spot
1975
5.6
The Woman with Red Boots
1974
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
7.5
The Phantom of Liberty
1974
5.7
Life Size
1974
4.1
France, Incorporated
1974
5.4
Dorothea's Revenge
1974
6.2
The Outside Man
1972
5.8
The Monk
1972
7.5
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
7.5
The Right to Love
1972
6.0
Liza
1972
5.1
A Little Sun in Cold Water
1971
6.9
Taking Off
1971
6.1
The Wedding Ring
1971
6.9
Borsalino
1970
6.5
Le Grand Amour
1969
7.1
The Milky Way
1969
7.0
The Swimming Pool
1969
6.6
The Nail Clippers
1969
7.0
For a Distant Love
1968
7.3
Belle de Jour
1967
6.7
The Thief of Paris
1967
5.8
The Diabolical Dr. Z
1966
5.4
Attack of the Robots
1966
6.0
Hotel Paradiso
1966
6.2
As Long as You've Got Your Health
1966
6.0
Viva Maria!
1965
7.0
Bestiary of Love
1965
8.3
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1965
7.0
Yoyo
1965
NR
Pour le plaisir
1964
7.1
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964
7.1
Happy Anniversary
1963
6.0
Insomnia
1963
6.5
The Suitor
1962
6.3
Rupture
1961
7.0
The Arbitrariness of Desire
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Micromeo
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