Jean-Claude Carrière, 89, Dies; Prolific Writer of Screenplays and More
He was a favorite of Luis Buñuel and other top filmmakers. He also had a fruitful collaboration with the stage director Peter Brook.
Jean-Claude Carrière in 1999. He had more than 150 film and television writing credits and also wrote books and plays.Credit.Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Feb. 11, 2021
Jean-Claude Carrière, an author, playwright and screenwriter who collaborated with the director Luis Buñuel on a string of important films and went on to work on scores of other movies, among them Philip Kaufmanâs âThe Unbearable Lightness of Beingâ (1988), died on Monday at his home in Paris. He was 89.