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Paul Benjamin Auster was an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005).
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2026
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self
Movie Self
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2022
Bonnie
Movie Self
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2020
In the Country of Last Things
Movie Novel
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2019
Paul Auster: What If
Movie Self - Writer
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2017
Out of My Head
Movie
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2015
It Was Mine
Movie Author
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2011
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Movie Self
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2009
Act of God
Movie himself
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2009
Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
Movie Self
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2008
Doc
Movie Himself
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2007
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2006
Edge of Outside
Movie Self
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2005
As Smart As They Are: The Author Project
Movie Himself
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2001
The Center of the World
Movie Story
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1999
I Remember
Movie Executive Producer
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1998
Lulu on the Bridge
Movie Director
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1995
Blue in the Face
Movie Director
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1995
Smoke
Movie Writer
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1993
The Music of Chance
Movie
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1992
The Accompanist
Movie Thanks
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1975
Apostrophes
TV show Self
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1969
The Fall
Movie
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Running Off to the Circus: Paul Auster on Film
Movie Himself
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Le carnet rouge
Movie Original Film Writer