Charlie Kaufman

Charles Stuart Kaufman (born November 1, 1958 to a Jewish family in New York City) is an accomplished screenwriter, identified by Premiere magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood.

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November 1 - 1958 - Jewish - New York City - Screenwriter - Premiere - Hollywood

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He got his start in television, writing two episodes for Chris Elliott's Get a Life, as well as a couple of dozen other episodes of shows like Ned and Stacy and The Dana Carvey Show.

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Television - Chris Elliott - Get a Life - Ned and Stacy - Dana Carvey

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He first came to national attention as the writer for Being John Malkovich, earning an Oscar nomination for his effort and a BAFTA. He also wrote Human Nature, which was directed by Michel Gondry and then worked with Spike Jonze again as the screenwriter for Adaptation., which earned him another Oscar nomination and his second BAFTA. Adaptation featured a "Charlie Kaufman" character that is a heavily fictionalized version of the screenwriter; in real life, however, he does not have an identical twin brother, is married rather than single and hardly experienced that story's fabulist drama. He also penned Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a biopic of Chuck Barris, a gameshow host who believed he was a CIA hitman; this was directed by George Clooney in his directorial debut. His most recent film script and story is for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, his second film with director Michel Gondry, for which he received his first Oscar for best screenplay and third BAFTA.

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Being John Malkovich - Oscar - BAFTA - Human Nature - Michel Gondry - Spike Jonze - Adaptation. - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Chuck Barris - CIA - George Clooney - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Oscar for best screenplay

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Kaufman angrily criticizes director George Clooney for making dramatic alterations to the Confessions of a Dangerous Mind script without consulting him whatsoever.

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George Clooney - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

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He owns a home in the fabled Kennedy Compound.

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Recently wrote and directed the play Hope Leaves the Theater, a segment of the sound-only production Theater of the New Ear. This play starred Meryl Streep, Hope Davis and Peter Dinklage. In the world of the play, it was the last thing Charlie Kaufman wrote before he committed suicide. The title actually refers to Hope Davis' character "leaving the theater."

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Hope Leaves the Theater - Theater of the New Ear - Meryl Streep - Hope Davis - Peter Dinklage

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Quote by Kaufman in an interview with William Arnold - "The usual thing for a writer is to deliver a script and then disappear. That's not for me. I want to be involved from beginning to end. And these directors know that, and respect it."

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