Jean-Claude Carrière
Birthday: 1931-09-17
Place of Birth: Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
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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Fifty Years Later
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The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
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Certified Copy
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Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
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The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel
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Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
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Carrière, 250 Meters
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Speaking of Buñuel
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Buñuel in Hollywood
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The Night and the Moment
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Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
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Gala
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Surprise Sock
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The Associate
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And the blue sky
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The Secret Book
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Vive les femmes !
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A Little Sun in Cold Water
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Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
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Borsalino City
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Avida
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The Garden of Torment
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Madame De...
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Diary of a Chambermaid
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Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God
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En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
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The Game of Solitaire
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The Associate
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L'Amour nu
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The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
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Luis Buñuel, la transgression des rêves
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The Collection
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Photo-souvenir
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Professor Goudet's Lessons
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Scenes from A Separation
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The Milky Way
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Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason
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The Suitor
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Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'
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Une promenade parmi les ombres
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The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
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Les paradoxes de Buñuel
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