Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière (born 17 September 1931, Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France) is a screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel. He was president of La Fémis, the French state film school.
His collaboration with Buñuel began with the film Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), for which he co-wrote the screenplay (with Buñuel) and also played the part of a village priest. Carrière and the director would collaborate on the scripts of nearly all Buñuel's later films, including Belle de Jour (1967), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) and The Milky Way (1969).
He also wrote screenplays for The Tin Drum (1979), Danton (1983), The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), La dernière image (1986), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Valmont (1989), The Bengali Night (1988), Chinese Box (1997) and Birth (2004), and co-wrote Max, Mon Amour (1986) with director Nagisa Oshima. He also collaborated with Peter Brook on a 9-hour stage version of the ancient Sanskrit epic, The Mahabharata, and a five-hour film version. Most recently he collaborated with Michael Haneke on the script of The White Ribbon.
His work in television includes the series Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë (1964), a French-West German production much seen overseas.
Filmography
- The White Ribbon (2009)
- Goya's Ghosts (2006)
- Father Goriot (2004)
- Les Thibault (2003)
- La Bataille d'Hernani (2002) TV
- The Ogre (1996)
- The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
- Priez pour nous (1994)
- La Controverse de Valladolid (1992) TV
- The Return of Casanova (1992)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
- May Fools (1990)
- Bouvard et Pécuchet (1989)
- Hard to Be a God (1989)
- Valmont (1989)
- The Possessed (1988)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
- Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1987)
- Max, Mon Amour (1986)
- Un amour de Swann (1984)
- Credo (1983) TV
- Danton (1983)
- La Tragédie de Carmen (1983)
- The General of the Dead Army (1983)
- Passion (1982)
- The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
- Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980)
- L'Associé (1979)
- Return to the Beloved (1979)
- The Tin Drum (1979)
- Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978)
- Julie pot de colle (1977)
- Le Diable dans la boîte (1977)
- Le gang (1977)
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
- La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)
- Serious as Pleasure (1975)
- The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
- France, Inc. (1973)
- Le Moine (1973)
- Liza (1972)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- Taking Off (1971)
- The Outside Man (1972)
- The Wedding Ring (1971)
- Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971)
- Borsalino (1970)
- La Piscine (1969)
- The Milky Way (1969)
- The Great Love (1969)
- Pour un amour lointain (1968)
- Belle de Jour (1967)
- Hotel Paradiso (1966)
- Tant qu'on a la santé (1966)
- The Thief of Paris (1966)
- The Diabolical Dr. Z (1965)
- Viva Maria! (1965)
- Yo Yo (1965)
- Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964) TV SERIES
- Bestiaire d'amour (1963)
- Tant qu'on a la santé (1962)
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (1963) for Heureux Anniversaire shared with Pierre Étaix