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Charlie Kaufman
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 t…
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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.
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2026
Uchronia
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
How to Shoot a Ghost
Movie Director
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2025
Darkest Miriam
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
The Actor
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Orion and the Dark
Movie Writer
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2023
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
Movie Self - Screenwriter
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2023
Jackals & Fireflies
Movie Director
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2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Movie Director
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2020
Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy
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2017
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
Movie Self
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2015
Anomalisa
Movie Writer
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2013
Her
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2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
Movie Script Consultant
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2010
Waking Up
Movie Thanks
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2008
Synecdoche, New York
Movie Producer
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2005
Moral Orel
TV show Story
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2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie Screenplay
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2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Movie Screenplay
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2002
Adaptation.
Movie Screenplay
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2001
Human Nature
Movie Producer
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1999
Being John Malkovich
Movie Executive Producer
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1996
The Dana Carvey Show
TV show Writer
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1995
Misery Loves Company
TV show Co-Producer
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1995
Ned & Stacey
TV show Writer
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1993
The Trouble with Larry
TV show Writer
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1992
The Edge
TV show Writer
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1990
Get a Life
TV show Writer
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The Memory Police
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How and Why
Movie Director
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Later the War
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