Jean-Claude Carrière

Writing

Born: 1931-09-17
Died: 2021-02-08
From: Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.7

Also Known As

Jean-Claude François CarrièreJean-Claude CarriereJean Claude CarriereЖан-Клод Каррьер

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.

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Awards & Nominations7 won · 4 nominated

🏆 Won

Commander of the Legion of Honour

2017
🏆 Won

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

2016
🏆 Won

Academy Honorary Award

2015
🏆 Won

Commander of the National Order of Merit

2013
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1989
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

That Obscure Object of Desire

1978
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1973
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

1963
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Happy Anniversary

1963
🏆 Won

Padma Shri in literature and education

🏆 Won

Jean-Le-Duc award

Acting66 titles

Directing3 titles

Writing124 titles

Crew2 titles