- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- November 19, 1958
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Charlie Kaufman
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.
Filmography
movieUchronia
2026 · Executive Producer
movieHow to Shoot a Ghost
2025 · Director
movieDarkest Miriam
2025 · Executive Producer
movieThe Actor
2025 · Executive Producer
movieOrion and the Dark
2024 · Writer
movieMichel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023 · Self - Screenwriter
movieJackals & Fireflies
2023 · Director, Producer
movieI'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieBeth Stelling: Girl Daddy
2020 · Thanks
movieToo Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieNone of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016 · Self
movieAnomalisa
2015 · Writer, Theatre Play, Producer, Director
movieHer
2013 · Thanks
movieKung Fu Panda 2
2011 · Script Consultant
movieWaking Up
2010 · Thanks
movieSynecdoche, New York
2008 · Producer, Director, Writer
tvMoral Orel
2005 · Story
movieEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer
movieConfessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002 · Screenplay
movieAdaptation.
2002 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieHuman Nature
2001 · Producer, Writer
movieBeing John Malkovich
1999 · Executive Producer, Writer
tvThe Dana Carvey Show
1996 · Writer
tvMisery Loves Company
1995 · Co-Producer
tvNed & Stacey
1995 · Writer, Producer
tvThe Trouble with Larry
1993 · Writer, Story Editor
tvThe Edge
1992 · Writer
tvGet a Life
1990 · Writer
movieThe Memory Police
— · Screenplay
movieLater the War
— · Director, Screenplay
How and Why
movieHow and Why
— · Director, Writer