Jean-Claude Carrière
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 Jean-Claude Carrière in 2008 | |
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17 September 1931 Colombières-sur-Orb, France |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter, actor, director |
| Years active | 1957–present |
Jean-Claude Carrière (born 17 September 1931) is a French novelist, screenwriter, actor, and Academy Award honoree.[1] 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.
Life and career
Carrière was born in Colombières-sur-Orb, France, the son of Alice and Felix Carrière, a farmer.[2] He published his first novel, Lézard, in 1957. He was introduced to Jacques Tati, who had him write short novels based on his films. Through Tati, he met Pierre Étaix, with whom Carrière wrote and directed several films, including Heureux Anniversaire, which won them the academy award for Best Short Subject. His nineteen-year collaboration with Buñuel began with the film Diary of a Chambermaid (1964); 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 Milky Way (1969), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), The Phantom of Liberty (1974) and That Obscure Object of Desire (1977).
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), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Birth (2004), and Goya's Ghosts, and co-wrote Max, Mon Amour (1986) with director Nagisa Oshima. He also collaborated with Peter Brook on a nine-hour stage version of the ancient Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata, and a five-hour film version.
His work in television includes the series Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë (1964), a French-West German production much seen overseas.
Filmography
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Awards
- Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (1963) for Heureux Anniversaire shared with Pierre Étaix
- Academy Honorary Award (2014) for lifetime achievement (at Governors Awards)
- Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (2000)
- Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India (2015)[3]
References
- ↑ Sinha-Roy, Piya (28 August 2014). "Belafonte, Miyazaki to receive Academy's Governors Awards". Reuters. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Jean-Claude-Carriere.html
- ↑ "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean-Claude Carrière. |
- Jean-Claude Carrière on the Internet Movie Database.
- In-depth interview with Carrière from 1999
- Jean-Claude Carrière tells his life story at Web of Stories
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