Charlie Kaufman

Writing·Nov 19, 1958·New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
How to Shoot a Ghost2025 · Director	Director
Orion and the Dark2024 · Writer	Writer
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself2023 · Self - Screenwriter	Self - Screenwriter
Jackals & Fireflies2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
I'm Thinking of Ending Things2020 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show2017 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa2016 · Self	Self
Anomalisa2015 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Synecdoche, New York2008 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind2002 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Adaptation.2002 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Human Nature2001 · Producer, Writer	Producer, Writer
Being John Malkovich1999 · Writer	Writer
The Memory PoliceScreenplay	Screenplay
Later the WarDirector, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
HHow and WhyDirector, Writer	Director, Writer