French writer (1931–2021)
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Jean-Claude Carrière
Born (1931-09-17 ) 17 September 1931Died 8 February 2021(2021-02-08) (aged 89)Paris, France
Occupation(s) Novelist, screenwriter, actor, director Years active 1957–2021 Spouse(s) Hanna Schygulla (1982–1995)Nahal Tajadod
Jean-Claude Carrière (French: [ka.ʁjɛʁ] ; 17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received anAcademy Award for best short film for co-writingHeureux Anniversaire (1963), and was later conferred anHonorary Oscar in 2014.[ 1] He was nominated for the Academy Award three other times for his work inThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972),That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), andThe Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He also won aCésar Award for Best Original Screenplay inThe Return of Martin Guerre (1983).
Carrière was an alumnus of theÉcole normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and was president ofLa Fémis , the French statefilm school that he helped establish. He was noted as a frequent collaborator withLuis Buñuel on the screenplays of the latter's late French films.[ 1]
Carrière was born inColombières-sur-Orb in southwestern France on 17 September 1931.[ 2] [ 3] His family worked as vintners, and his parents subsequently moved toMontreuil , in the suburbs of Paris, in 1945 to start acoffeehouse .[ 2] [ 4] Carrière was a gifted student,[ 2] and attendedLycée Lakanal before studying literature and history at theÉcole normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud ,[ 3] [ 4] agrande école .[ 2] He went on to publish his first novel,Lézard , in 1957 at the age of 26.[ 2] [ 3] Consequently, he was introduced toJacques Tati ,[ 5] who employed Carrière to write novels based on his movies.[ 3] [ 6]
Carrière metPierre Étaix , who worked as Tati's first assistant.[ 3] Carrière and Étaix went on to write and direct several films, includingHeureux Anniversaire (1962). That film ultimately won the 1963Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action) .[ 7] That same year, Carrière's nineteen-year collaboration withLuis Buñuel began with the filmDiary of a Chambermaid (1964).[ 3] He co-wrote the screenplay with Buñuel and also played the part of a village priest.[ 8] They subsequently collaborated on the scripts of nearly all Buñuel's later films, includingBelle de Jour (1967),The Milky Way (1969),[ 8] [ 9] andThe Phantom of Liberty (1974).[ 8] Their teamwork in writingThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Original Screenplay , and the film ultimately won theBest Foreign Language Film .[ 2] [ 10] They earned their second Oscar nomination five years later forBest Adapted Screenplay inThat Obscure Object of Desire (1977).[ 11]
Carrière in 2008 Carrière also penned screenplay forThe Tin Drum (1979), which won both thePalme d'Or at the1979 Cannes Film Festival and Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars a year later.[ 2] [ 12] His work inThe Return of Martin Guerre (1983) won the1983 César Award forBest Original Screenplay .[ 2] He received his third Academy Award nomination six years later for writing the script ofThe Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) withPhilip Kaufman .[ 13]
Carrière co-foundedLa Fémis , the French statefilm school , in 1986.[ 3] He taught screenwriting there,[ 3] and served as its president for ten years.[ 14] He collaborated withPeter Brook on a nine hour long stage version of the ancientSanskrit epicThe Mahabharata , and a five-hourfilm version .[ 2] He also provided the libretto forHans Gefors ' fifth operaClara , which was premiered at theOpéra-Comique in Paris in 1998.[ 15] He was credited as a script consultant inThe White Ribbon , which won the Palme d'Or in 2009.[ 3]
Later life and death [ edit ] Carrière andUmberto Eco publishedThis Is Not the End of the Book in 2012, a book of conversations on the future of information carriers.[ 16] Carrière also wrote comics for Bernard Yslaire and Pierre Étaix.[ 17] He was given anAcademy Honorary Award in 2014,[ 18] for his lifetime work in writing approximately 80 screenplays, as well as his essays, fiction, translations and interviews.[ 2]
Carrière died in his sleep on 8 February 2021 at his home in Paris[ 2] of natural causes.[ 4] [ 6]
The Suitor (1962)[ 8] Rupture (1962, Short)[ 9] Heureux Anniversaire (1962, Short)[ 9] The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964, TV Series)[ 9] La reine verte (1964, TV Movie)[ 22] Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)[ 8] [ 9] Yo Yo (1965)[ 8] [ 9] Viva Maria! (1965)[ 8] [ 9] The Diabolical Dr. Z (1965) akaMiss Muerte [ 8] [ 23] Tant qu'on a la santé (1966)[ 8] [ 9] Attack of the Robots (1966) akaCartes sur Table [ 23] Hotel Paradiso (1966)[ 8] [ 24] The Thief of Paris (1967)[ 8] Belle de Jour (1967)[ 8] [ 9] Pour un amour lointain (1968)[ 9] The Great Love (1969)[ 8] [ 9] The Milky Way (1969)[ 8] [ 9] La Piscine (1969)[ 8] [ 9] La pince à ongles (1969, Short, also director)[ 9] Borsalino (1970)[ 8] [ 9] The Wedding Ring (1970)[ 8] Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971)[ 9] Taking Off (1971)[ 8] [ 24] The Outside Man (1972)[ 8] [ 24] The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)[ 8] [ 9] Liza (1972)[ 8] Le Moine (1972)[ 9] France, Inc. (1973)[ 22] The Phantom of Liberty (1974)[ 8] Serious as Pleasure (1975)[ 25] La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)[ 9] That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)[ 8] [ 9] Le gang (1977)[ 9] Le Diable dans la boîte (1977)[ 26] Julie pot de colle (1977)[ 9] Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)[ 8] The Tin Drum (1979)[ 9] Return to the Beloved (1979)[ 27] The Associate (1979)[ 9] Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980)[ 9] The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)[ 9] Passion (1982)[ 3] The General of the Dead Army (1983)[ 8] [ 9] La Tragédie de Carmen (1983)[ 9] Danton (1983)[ 9] Credo (1983, TV Movie)[ 8] Un amour de Swann (1984)[ 8] [ 9] Max mon amour (1986)[ 9] Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1987)[ 28] The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)[ 9] [ 24] The Possessed (1988)[ 22] The Bengali Night (1988)[ 8] [ 9] Valmont (1989)[ 9] [ 24] Hard to Be a God (1989)[ 8] The Mahabharata (1989)[ 9] Bouvard et Pécuchet (1989)[ 8] May Fools (1990)[ 9] Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)[ 9] At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)[ 8] [ 24] The Return of Casanova (1992)[ 8] [ 9] La Controverse de Valladolid (1992, TV Movie)[ 9] C'était la guerre (1993, TV Movie)[ 29] Priez pour nous (1994)[ 30] The Night and the Moment (1995)[ 8] The Horseman on the Roof (1995)[ 9] La duchesse de Langeais (1995, TV Movie)[ 22] Associations de bienfaiteurs (1995)[ 19] The Ogre (1996)[ 8] The Associate (1996)[ 8] Le parfum de Jeannette (1996, TV Movie)[ 19] Golden Boy (1996)[ 9] Chinese Box (1997)[ 8] [ 24] Clarissa [fr ] (1998, TV Movie)[ 9] La Guerre dans le Haut Pays (1999)[ 9] Salsa (2000)[ 8] [ 9] Madame De... (2001)[ 9] Letter from an Unknown Woman (2001, TV Movie)[ 9] La Bataille d'Hernani (2002, TV Movie)[ 9] Ruy Blas (2002, TV Movie)[ 8] [ 9] Rien, voilà l'ordre (2003)[ 31] Les Thibault (2003, TV mini series)[ 9] Father Goriot (2004)[ 8] Birth (2004)[ 8] [ 24] Galilée ou L'amour de Dieu (2005, TV Movie)[ 22] Goya's Ghosts (2006)[ 8] [ 24] Ulzhan (2007)[ 9] The 4th Wall (2010), based on his playL'Aide-Mémoire (1968)[ 22] Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2011)[ 32] The Artist and the Model (2012)[ 8] [ 9] In the Shadow of Women (2015)[ 8] [ 9] Lover for a Day (2017)[ 8] [ 9] A Faithful Man (2018)[ 8] [ 9] At Eternity's Gate (2018)[ 8] [ 9] Le sel des larmes (2019)[ 8] The Crusade (2021)Land of Dreams (2021)[ 33] Specific
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1928–1975 Warner Bros. /Charlie Chaplin (1928)Walt Disney (1932)Shirley Temple (1934)D. W. Griffith (1935)The March of Time /W. Howard Greene andHarold Rosson (1936)Edgar Bergen /W. Howard Greene /Museum of Modern Art Film Library /Mack Sennett (1937)J. Arthur Ball /Walt Disney /Deanna Durbin andMickey Rooney /Gordon Jennings ,Jan Domela , Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith,Farciot Edouart ,Loyal Griggs ,Loren L. Ryder , Harry D. Mills,Louis Mesenkop , Walter Oberst /Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey /Harry Warner (1938)Douglas Fairbanks /Judy Garland /William Cameron Menzies /Motion Picture Relief Fund (Jean Hersholt ,Ralph Morgan ,Ralph Block ,Conrad Nagel ) /Technicolor SA (1939)Bob Hope /Nathan Levinson (1940)Walt Disney ,William Garity , John N. A. Hawkins, and theRCA Manufacturing Company /Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott /British Ministry of Information (1941)Charles Boyer /Noël Coward /Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942)George Pal (1943)Bob Hope /Margaret O'Brien (1944)Republic Studio,Daniel J. Bloomberg , and the Republic Studio Sound Department /Walter Wanger /The House I Live In /Peggy Ann Garner (1945) Harold Russell /Laurence Olivier /Ernst Lubitsch /Claude Jarman Jr. (1946)James Baskett /Thomas Armat ,William Nicholas Selig ,Albert E. Smith , andGeorge Kirke Spoor /Bill and Coo /Shoeshine (1947)Walter Wanger /Monsieur Vincent /Sid Grauman /Adolph Zukor (1948)Jean Hersholt /Fred Astaire /Cecil B. DeMille /The Bicycle Thief (1949)Louis B. Mayer /George Murphy /The Walls of Malapaga (1950)Gene Kelly /Rashomon (1951)Merian C. Cooper /Bob Hope /Harold Lloyd / George Mitchell /Joseph M. Schenck /Forbidden Games (1952)20th Century-Fox Film Corporation /Bell & Howell Company /Joseph Breen /Pete Smith (1953)Bausch & Lomb Optical Company /Danny Kaye / Kemp Niver /Greta Garbo /Jon Whiteley /Vincent Winter /Gate of Hell (1954)Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955)Eddie Cantor (1956)Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers /Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson /Charles Brackett /B. B. Kahane (1957)Maurice Chevalier (1958)Buster Keaton /Lee de Forest (1959)Gary Cooper /Stan Laurel /Hayley Mills (1960)William L. Hendricks / Fred L. Metzler /Jerome Robbins (1961)William J. Tuttle (1964)Bob Hope (1965)Yakima Canutt /Y. Frank Freeman (1966)Arthur Freed (1967)John Chambers /Onna White (1968)Cary Grant (1969)Lillian Gish /Orson Welles (1970)Charlie Chaplin (1971)Charles S. Boren /Edward G. Robinson (1972) Henri Langlois /Groucho Marx (1973)Howard Hawks /Jean Renoir (1974)Mary Pickford (1975)1976–present
1983–2000 2001–present Ted Elliott ,Terry Rossio ,Roger S. H. Schulman , andJoe Stillman (2001)Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)Philippa Boyens ,Peter Jackson , andFran Walsh (2003)Alexander Payne andJim Taylor (2004)Larry McMurtry andDiana Ossana (2005)Jeremy Brock andPeter Morgan (2006)Ronald Harwood (2007)Simon Beaufoy (2008)Jason Reitman andSheldon Turner (2009)Aaron Sorkin (2010)Bridget O'Connor andPeter Straughan (2011)David O. Russell (2012)Steve Coogan andJeff Pope (2013)Anthony McCarten (2014)Adam McKay andCharles Randolph (2015)Luke Davies (2016)James Ivory (2017)Spike Lee , David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, andKevin Willmott (2018)Taika Waititi (2019)Christopher Hampton andFlorian Zeller (2020)Sian Heder (2021)Edward Berger ,Lesley Paterson , and Ian Stokell (2022)Cord Jefferson (2023)Peter Straughan (2024)
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