Biography
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.
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Awards & recognition
- Time Machine Award · 2008
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2005
- Writers Guild of America Award
- Academy Award — Best Animated Feature · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2005 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2000 · nominated
Filmography21 titles
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of the Dana Carvey Show
Moral Orel
Her
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy
Synecdoche, New York
Being John Malkovich
Adaptation.
Get a Life
Anomalisa
Kung Fu Panda 2
Ned and Stacey
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Orion and the Dark
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
The Actor
Darkest Miriam
How to Shoot a Ghost
Jackals & Fireflies
Human Nature