Jean-Claude Carrière
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Jean-Claude Carrière is a French screenwriter by trade with a filmography built off camera. Most of the projects sit in drama. The filmography runs to 119 credits. 'At Eternity's Gate' is the project most people will have heard of. 'Belle de Jour' is another credit worth naming.
Jean-Claude Carrière
101 Movies
2 Series
Jean-Claude Carrière is a French screenwriter by trade with a filmography built off camera. Most of the projects sit in drama. The filmography runs to 119 credits. 'At Eternity's Gate' is the project most people will have heard of. 'Belle de Jour' is another credit worth naming.
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Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
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The Plough
Screenplay
2023
Film
Land of Dreams
Writer
2022
Film
The Crusade
Writer
2021
Film
The Salt of Tears
Screenplay
2020
Film
A Faithful Man
Writer
2018
Film
At Eternity's Gate
Writer
2018
Film
Lover for a Day
Screenplay
2017
Film
In the Shadow of Women
Writer
2015
Film
The Petrov File
Writer
2015
Film
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Is Jean-Claude Carrière still alive?
Jean-Claude Carrière passed away on February 8, 2021 at age 89.
What are the most famous roles of Jean-Claude Carrière?
Jean-Claude Carrière is best known for directing At Eternity's Gate, Belle de Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
How many movies has Jean-Claude Carrière directed?
Over a 60-year career (since 1961), Jean-Claude Carrière has directed or written 101 films and worked on 2 TV shows.
What was Jean-Claude Carrière's first movie?
The career of Jean-Claude Carrière began with Micromeo ().
What is Jean-Claude Carrière's most recent movie or series?
Jean-Claude Carrière's most recent release is The Plough, which premiered on March 8, 2023.
What TV shows has Jean-Claude Carrière created or directed?
On television, Jean-Claude Carrière has appeared in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The Owl's Legacy, The Mahabharata.
Jean-Claude Carrière
1931-09-17 · 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.