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Charlie Kaufman

Writer, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn November 19, 1958 (66 years)
Charles Stuart Kaufman (born November 19, 1958) is an American filmmaker and novelist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He both wrote and directed the films Synecdoche, New York (2008), Anomalisa (2015), and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). In 2020, Kaufman made his literary debut with the release of his first novel, Antkind. One of the most celebrated screenwriters of his era, Kaufman has received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Independent Spirit Awards, and a Writers Guild of America Award. Film critic Roger Ebert called Synecdoche, New York "the best movie of the decade" in 2009. Three of Kaufman's scripts appear in the Writers Guild of America's list of the 101 greatest movie screenplays ever written.
Known For
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Adaptation.
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • Anomalisa
  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • Ad Astra
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  • Human Nature
  • Ned and Stacey
  • The Dana Carvey Show
  • Orion and the Dark
  • Get a Life
  • The Edge

Filmography

2024
2020
2015
2008
Synecdoche, New York · as Screenplay
2004
2002
2002
Adaptation. · as Screenplay
2001
1999
1996
1995
Ned and Stacey (TV Series)
1993
1992
The Edge (TV Series)
1990
Get a Life (TV Series)

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