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Charlie Kaufman

American filmmaker and novelist · United States · Directors · Born 1958 · age 67

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Charles Stuart Kaufman is an American filmmaker and novelist. His work is distinguished by postmodernist and surrealist storytelling, with many critics considering him an auteur.

A life in dates

2026UchroniaFilm, Producer2025Darkest MiriamFilm, Producer2024Orion and the DarkFilm, Writer2023Jackals & FirefliesFilm, Director, Producer2020I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsFilm, Director, Writer2017Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey ShowFilm2016None of Them Are You: Crafting AnomalisaFilm2015AnomalisaFilm, Director, Writer2008Time Machine AwardAwardSynecdoche, New YorkFilm, 2008Director, Writer2005Academy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAwardMoral OrelSeries, 2005Writer2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindFilm, Writer, Producer2002Adaptation.Film, Writer, ProducerConfessions of a Dangerous MindFilm, 2002Writer2001Human NatureFilm, Writer, Producer1999Being John MalkovichFilm, Writer, Producer1996The Dana Carvey ShowSeries, Writer1995Ned & StaceySeries, Writer, Producer1993The Trouble with LarrySeries, Writer1992The EdgeSeries, Writer1990Get a LifeSeries, Writer1958Born19 November 1958

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Filmography 20

UCUchroniaProducer2026
TAThe ActorProducer2025
DMDarkest MiriamProducer2025
HGHow to Shoot a GhostDirector2025
ODOrion and the DarkWriter2024 · ★ 6.5
MYMichel Gondry: Do It Yourself2023
JFJackals & FirefliesDirector, Producer2023
ITI'm Thinking of Ending ThingsDirector, Writer2020 · ★ 6.5
TSToo Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show2017 · ★ 7.9
NANone of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa2016
ANAnomalisaDirector, Writer2015 · ★ 7.1
SYSynecdoche, New YorkDirector, Writer2008 · ★ 7.5
EMEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindWriter, Producer2004 · ★ 8.1
ADAdaptation.Writer, Producer2002 · ★ 7.3
CMConfessions of a Dangerous MindWriter2002 · ★ 6.7
HNHuman NatureWriter, Producer2001 · ★ 6.0
BMBeing John MalkovichWriter, Producer1999 · ★ 7.4
LWLater the WarDirector, Writer
HWHow and WhyDirector, Writer
TPThe Memory PoliceWriter

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Television 6

MOMoral OrelWriter2005
TSThe Dana Carvey ShowWriter1996
NSNed & StaceyWriter, Producer1995
TLThe Trouble with LarryWriter1993
TEThe EdgeWriter1992
GLGet a LifeWriter1990

Awards

Time Machine Award2008
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay2005
Writers Guild of America Award

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About this person

Charles Stuart Kaufman 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.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 67

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