Jean-Claude Carrière

• Jean-Claude Carrière was born in 1931 in the Hérault, near the Mediterranean coast. A novelist, screenplay writer and story-teller, as well as an actor and filmmaker, he is equally at home with film, theatre and literature. His work, which often involves adaptations for theatre, film or television, has been acclaimed by critics and the public alike. He has collaborated with such icons of our time as Luis Buñuel, Peter Brook, Jean-Luc Godard and Volker Schlöndorff. He is currently working on a film with the Dalai Lama.