Jean-Claude Carrière (born 17 September 1931, Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France) is a screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel. He was president of La Fémis, the French state film school. He wrote a novel when he was 23 then was introduced to Jacques Tati who had him write short novels based on his films. Through Tati he meet Pierre Etaix who he wrote and directed several films with including [...]