thumb|Emmanuel Carrère au Salon du livre de Paris 2007 

'''Emmanuel Carrère''' est un écrivain, scénariste et réalisateur français né le 9 décembre 1957, à Paris.

Il est diplômé de l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris.

Il est le fils de Louis Édouard Carrère et de la académicienne Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, et le frère de Nathalie Carrère et de Marina Carrère d'Encausse.

== Bibliographie ==
;Romans
* ''L'Amie du jaguar'', Flammarion, 1983
* ''Bravoure'', POL, 1984. Prix Passion 1984, Prix de la Vocation 1985
* ''La Moustache'', POL, 1986
* ''Hors d'atteinte'', POL, 1988. Prix Kléber Haedens 1988
* ''La Classe de neige'', POL, 1995. Prix Femina 1995
* ''L'Adversaire'', POL, 1999
* ''Un roman russe'', POL, 2007

;Essais
* ''Werner Herzog'', Edilig, 1982, monographie sur le réalisateur
* ''Le Détroit de Behring'', POL, 1986. Grand Prix de la science-fiction 1987
* ''Je suis vivant et vous êtes morts'', Le Seuil, 1993, biographie romancée de Philip K. Dick

'''Emmanuel Carrère''' (born in French author, screenwriter and director. He is the son of Louis Carrère d'Encausse and French historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse.

Carrère studied at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (better known as Sciences Po). Much of his writing, both fiction and nonfiction, centers around the primary themes of the interrogation of identity, the development of illusion and the direction of reality. Several of his books have been made into films; in 2005, he personally directed the film adaptation of his novel ''La Moustache.''  He was the president of the jury of the book Inter 2003.

==Bibliography==
* ''Werner Herzog'' (1982) about the director of the same name.
* ''L'Amie du jaguar'' (''The Jaguar's Friend'') (1983)
* ''Bravoure'' (''Bravery'', translated as ''Gothic Romance'') (1984)
* ''Le Détroit de Behring'' (''The Behring Strait'') (1986)
* ''La Moustache'' (''The Moustache'') (1986), which he adapted himself into the film of the same name.
* ''Hors d'atteinte ?'' (''Out of Reach?'') (1988)
* ''Je suis vivant et vous êtes morts'' (''I Am Alive and You Are Dead'') (1993), a biography of Philip K. Dick.
* ''La Classe de neige'' (''Class Trip'') (1995). Winner of the Prix Fémina, adapted in 1998 as the Claude Miller film of the same name.
* ''L'Adversaire'' (''The Adversary'') (the film of the same name by director Nicole Garcia. The film ''L'Emploi du temps'' is also based on that story, but is not as faithful to truth.

==Selected filmography==
* 1996 : ''la Classe de Neige'' by Claude Miller, adapted from his book of the same name.
* 1999 : ''Angel'', about the life of Elizabeth Taylor.
* 2002 : ''L'Adversaire'' by Nicole Garcia and Daniel Auteuil, screenwriter.
* 2003 : ''Retour à Kotelnitch'', director.
* 2005 : ''La Moustache'', director and screenwriter, along with Emmanuelle Devos and Vincent Lindon.