- Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière (born
September 17 ,1931 inColombières-sur-Orb ,Hérault ,France ) is an award-winningscreenwriter andactor . Alumnus of theÉcole normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud , he was a frequent collaborator withLuis Buñuel . He was president ofLa Fémis .His collaboration with Buñuel began with the film "Diary of a Chambermaid", for which he co-wrote the screenplay (with Buñuel) and also played the part of a village priest. He and the director would collaborate on the scripts of all Buñuel's later films, including "
Belle de Jour ", "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ", "The Phantom of Liberty ", "That Obscure Object of Desire ", and "The Milky Way".He also wrote screenplays for "
The Tin Drum ", "Danton ", "The Return of Martin Guerre ", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "Valmont", "The Bengali Night ", "Chinese Box " and "Birth ", and co-wrote "Max, Mon Amour " with directorNagisa Oshima . He also collaborated withPeter Brook on a 9-hour stage version of the ancientSanskrit epic, "The Mahabharata", and a five-hour film version.Awards
* Academy award, Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects (1963), for "Heureux anniversaire " shared with
Pierre Étaix External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140643/ Jean-Claude Carrière] on the
Internet Movie Database .
* [http://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/interviews/jean_claude_carriere.htm In-depth interview with Carrière from 1999]
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