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Charlie Kaufman is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director born in New York City in 1958. He began his work period in 1983 and is educated at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. His notable works include *Being John Malkovich*, *Adaptation*, *Human Nature*, and *Mundo hormiga*. He resides in Pasadena and speaks English.
Kaufman has received the Writers Guild of America Award and the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. He has also been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America West.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1958
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Being John Malkovich
- Mundo hormiga
- Adaptation
- Human nature
- Being John Malkovich
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself — Self - Screenwriter2023
- Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show — Self (archive footage)2017
- None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa — Self2016
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Key facts
- Born
- Charles Stuart Kaufman , ( 1958-11-19 ) November 19, 1958 (age 67) , New York City , U.S.
- Alma mater
- New York University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Screenwriter producer director novelist
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Spouse
- Denise Monaghan
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Official website
Being Charlie Kaufman / Latest News
The definitive information resource for screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.beingcharliekaufman.com
- Image
- Charlie Kaufman Fantastic Fest 2015-0257 (27441349145) (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Pasadena
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- date of birth
- 1958-11-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Commons category
- Charlie Kaufman
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Charlie Kaufman
- social media followers
- 1550
- name in native language
- Charles Stuart Kaufman
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Stuart Kaufman (/ˈkɔːfmən/; born November 19, 1958) is an American filmmaker and novelist. His work is distinguished by postmodernist and surrealist storytelling, with many critics considering him an auteur. Getting his start as a television writer, Kaufman gained prominence for his collaborations with directors Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry on Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), before going on to direct films himself with Synecdoche, New York (2008), Anomalisa (2015), and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). In 2020, he released a novel, Antkind.
One of the most celebrated screenwriters of his era, Kaufman has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Independent Spirit Awards, an Emmy Award, 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.
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