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Jean-Claude Carriere

Birth Name:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Birth Place:
Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
Profession
Writer, Actor, Soundtrack, Director, Art department, Script department
Jean-Claude Carriere

Fast Facts

  • Has served as the president of the French state film school La Fémis
  • In 2006, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' writers branch
  • Studied the dramatic arts at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud
  • Before becoming interested in film, he worked as a novelist who was hired to create short stories based on the films of Jacques Tati
  • Quote: "If you want fame, and a beautiful statue made of yourself, don't be a screenwriter․ The writer disappears․ He works in the shade․"
  • Is known for co-writing his screenplays with the directors of his projects
  • Often collaborates with fellow filmmaker Luis Buñuel

Awards

  • 1963Oscar - Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects:Winner
  • 1969Grand Prize of the Jury - Best Short Film:Winner
  • 1969Palme d'Or - Best Short FilmNominated
  • 1971Edgar - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 1972BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 1972NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 1972WGA Award (Screen) - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
  • 1973Oscar - Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced:Nominated
  • 1973NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 1974BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 1977NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 1978Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
  • 1978César - Best Sreenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, dialogue ou adaptation):Nominated
  • 1983César - Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleure adaptation et dialogues):Nominated
  • 1983César - Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original et dialogues):Winner
  • 1989Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
  • 1989BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Winner
  • 1989WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
  • 1990Best ScreenplayWinner
  • 1990USC Scripter AwardNominated
  • 1991César - Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation):Nominated
  • 1992BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Nominated
  • 1992USC Scripter AwardNominated
  • 2013CEC Award - Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original):Nominated
  • 2013Goya - Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original):Nominated
  • 2018Jury Prize - Best Screenplay:Winner
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