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Charlie Kaufman
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Biography
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.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Being John Malkovich
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Synecdoche, New York
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Anomalisa
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Orion and the Dark
Writer
Adaptation.
Screenplay
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Screenplay
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Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Metamorphosis: Bodies in Flux
From Kafka's insect to Cronenberg's flesh, a journey through cinema's most profound transformations, where identity itself is the shape-shifter.
7 films
The Threshold of Nowhere
From a furniture store's hidden door to the endless corridors of the mind, this chain maps the liminal spaces where dread and wonder collide.
8 films
The Hypnotic Gaze
From Woody Allen's comic hypnosis to the chilling mechanics of control, this chain traces cinema's fascination with the mind's susceptibility.
8 films
Backers and Believers
From a resurrected cult classic to a record-breaking indie sensation, these eight films prove that crowdfunding isn't just about money, it's about community.
7 films
The Ghosts We Carry
A journey through stop-motion films that turn loss into art, from mainstream masterpieces to hidden gems.
8 films
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