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    Charlie Kaufman

    American filmmaker and novelist

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  1. May 18, 2024 · It’s more revealing to consider the shared theme that ties all Kaufman’s films together, including his latest, the animated Netflix kids’ movie Orion and the Dark. Charlie Kaufman’s protagonists have one crucial commonality: their shared mental health struggles.

  2. Sep 24, 1999 · Film scripts written by Charlie Kaufman. A Scanner Darkly (1st draft, 20 Dec, 1997) This unproduced interpretation of the Philip K Dick novel was eventually vetoed, in favour of Richard Linklater's own adaptation.

    • Being John Malkovich. In 1994, Kaufman wrote his breakout script Being John Malkovich and it made waves throughout the industry. Its innovative concept opened a lot of doors and got Kaufman plenty of meetings, mainly just to tell him that a film like this would never be made.
    • Human Nature. The initial rumblings of success over Being John Malkovich’s ingenuity gave Kaufman plenty of momentum, and he’d release three films within two years.
    • Adaptation. All screenwriters should read and see Adaptation. It’s the ultimate examination of the mind and madness of a screenwriter. The screenwriter and protagonist in question?
    • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Released in the same month as Adaptation, and on New Year’s Eve no less, 2002 ended well for Kaufman with the release of George Clooney’s directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
  3. Charles Stuart Kaufman ( / ˈkɔːfmən /; born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).

  4. In an attempt to portray his own fragmented persona, Kaufman creates a fake sibling, a gregarious aspiring filmmaker Donald, whose unoriginal ideas and stories annoy Charlie.

  5. May 24, 2008 · Making his directing debut in Cannes, Charlie Kaufman nervously faces the press with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener and Samantha Morton.

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