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.
Known For
The Associate
Un homme présent à la lecture du testament
The Associate
Un homme à la lecture du testament (uncredited)
Surprise Sock
Fournier
Julian Schnabel: A Privat...
Self
The Garden of Torment
The ship's captain
The Milky Way
Priscillian
L'Amour nu
Le professeur
Scenes from A Separation
Self
Robert Doisneau: Through ...
Self
Certified Copy
The Man at the Square