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Charlie Kaufman
Producer, Writer, 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.
Filmography
| 2025 | The Actor · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Darkest Miriam · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | How and Why · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Adaptation. · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | Ned and Stacey (TV Series) |