Jean-Claude Carrière

Birthday: 19 September 1931, Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France

Birth Name: Jean-Claude François Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière was born on September 19, 1931 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France as Jean-Claude François Carrière. He is a writer and actor, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), The Un ...Show More

[accepting his Honorary Oscar] I would like to say something about the fact that this Oscar goes to Show more [accepting his Honorary Oscar] I would like to say something about the fact that this Oscar goes to a screenwriter. I'm very happy of this, because very often screenwriters are forgotten, or ignored. They are like shadows passing through the history of cinema. Their names do not appear in the reviews. Very sad. But still, they are filmmakers. That's why tonight I'd like to share this priceless little statue with all my colleagues, the ones I know, the ones I don't know, from all over the world. So we all thank you. Hide

[on Luis Buñuel] He said he worked with me because he understood my voice. Everything I said was no Show more [on Luis Buñuel] He said he worked with me because he understood my voice. Everything I said was nonsense, but at least he understood. Hide

If you want fame, and a beautiful statue made of yourself, don't be a screenwriter. The writer disap Show more If you want fame, and a beautiful statue made of yourself, don't be a screenwriter. The writer disappears. He works in the shade. Hide

Jean-Claude Carrière's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (5) as Creator (13)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Ils sont grands ces petits [Audio: French]

Certified Copy (Copie conforme)

Valmont

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

A Faithful Man [Sub: Eng]

Le funeste destin du docteur Frankenstein

The Tin Drum (Die Blechtromme)

The Associate

Viva Maria (1965)

At Eternitys Gate

Swann in Love [Sub: Eng]

Sauve qui peut (la vie)

The Patience Stone (Syngue sabour, pierre de patience)

Goya's Ghosts

Passion

The Phantom of Liberty