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Avid reader Charlie Kaufman wrote plays and made short films as a young student. He moved from Massapequa, New York to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 where he attended high school. As a comedic actor, he performed in school plays and, after graduation, he enrolled at Boston University but soon transferred NYU to study film.
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1. 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). He both wrote and directed the films Synecdoche, New York (2008), Anomalisa (2015), and I'm Thinking ...
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- Charles Stuart Kaufman, November 19, 1958 (age 64), New York City, U.S.
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the best Kaufman production because of the collaborative filmmaking, and how the writer's ideas are interpreted by the cast and director.
- Synecdoche, New York (2008) Without any context, Synecdoche, New York is a tough watch due to the heavy thematic material about death. And when factoring in the tragic 2014 demise of lead actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, the film becomes even more challenging in retrospect.
- Being John Malkovich (1999) Much like late '90s movies such as Fight Club and The Usual Suspects, Being John Malkovich benefits from the surprise element.
- Adaptation (2002) Adaptation builds upon the neurotic, meta premise of Kaufman's feature debut script for Being John Malkovich. Both projects were directed by Spike Jonze, whose polished filmmaking boosts all the eccentricities of Kaufman's characters.
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Adaptation. Adaptation is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features an ensemble cast led by Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper, with Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in supporting roles. Kaufman based Adaptation on his struggles to ...
AwardCategoryNominee (s)ResultNominatedWonNominatedCharlie Kaufman and Donald KaufmanNominated- $19 million
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- December 6, 2002 (United States)
A woman is in love with a man in love with another woman, and all three have designs on a young man raised as an ape. Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Ken Magee. Votes: 18,968 | Gross: $0.70M. The one sub-par Kaufman film, which really isn't that bad. The Films of Charlie Kaufman from Best to Worst.
Feb 7, 2024 · The film is a portal into his big imagination, too — the first in a line of soulful high-concept triumphs he’d make with and without Kaufman. 3. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Sep 4, 2020 · I'm Thinking of Ending Things: Directed by Charlie Kaufman. With Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis. Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm.
