Born in Colombière, France. Highly accomplished European scenarist who began his career writing novelizations of Jacques Tati movies, and then turning out several screenplays for Pierre Etaix. Although best known for his many collaborations with Luis Buñuel, Carrière is adept at a variety of genres and excels at literary adaptations. He has worked with Jacques Deray, England's Peter Brook, Germany's Volker Schlöndorff and Poland's Andrzej Wajda, among others. His writing credits extend over 130 films and made-for-TV movies, including RUPTURE (1961), LE SOUPIRANT (1962), LE JOURNAL D'UNE FEMME DE CHAMBRE (1964), VIVA MARIA! (1965), HOTEL PARADISO (1966), LE VOLEUR and BELLE DE JOUR (both 1967), POUR UN AMOUR LOINTAIN (1968), LA PISCINE and LE GRAND AMOUR (both 1969), BORSALINO (1970), TAKING OFF (1971), LIZA, LE MOINE and LE CHARME DISCRET DE LA BOURGEOISIE (all 1972), LA FEMME AUX BOTTES ROUGES (1974), LA CHAIR DE L'ORCHIDÉE and LEONOR (both 1975), LES ŒUFS BROUILLÉS (1976), LE GANG and CET OBSCUR OBJET DU DÉSIR (both 1977), "Harold and Maude" (1978, French TV adaptation), DIE BLECHTROMMEL (1979), SAUVE QUI PEUT (LA VIE) (1980), BLACK MIRROR (1981), LE RETOUR DE MARTIN GUERRE, ANTOINETA and L'INDISCRÉTION (all 1982), DANTON and LA TRAGÉDIE DE CARMEN (both 1983), UN AMOUR DE SWANN (1984), AUTO DÉFENSE (1985), OVIRI and LA DERNIÈRE IMAGE (both 1986), LES EXPLOITS D'UN JEUNE DON JUAN (1987), LA NUIT BENGALI, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING and LES POSSÉDÉS (both 1988), J'ÉCRIS DANS L'ESPACE and VALMONT (both 1989), MILOU EN MAI and CYRANO DE BERGERAC (both 1990), AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD (1991), LA RETOUR DE CASANOVA (1992), LE HUSSARD SUR LE TOIT (1995), GOLDEN BOY (1996), CHINESE BOX (1997), LA GUERRE DANS LE HAUT PAYS (1999), SALSA (2000), RIEN, VOILÀ L'ORDRE (2003), BIRTH (2004), GOYA'S GHOSTS (2006), and ULZHAN (2007). Carrière has appeared on-camera as an actor in almost 30 films, and his directing efforts include LA PINCE À ONGLES (1969, co-written with Milos Forman) and L'UNIQUE (1986, co-written and co-directed with Jérôme Diamant-Berge).

Short Subjects (Live Action Subjects) 1962: HEUREUX ANNIVERSAIRE - Producer (w. Pierre Etaix)  Nominated for Writing (Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published) 1972: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (w. Luis Buñuel)  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) 1977: THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (w. Luis Buñuel)  Nominated for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) 1988: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (w. Philip Kaufman) 4 nominations, 1 Award