Charlie Kaufman
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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
Kaufman at the 2015 Fantastic Fest
Kaufman (left) and Duke Johnson accepting the Grand Jury Prize for Anomalisa at the Venice Film Festival in 2015.
Adaptation (film)
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Adaptation is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features a cast led by Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper, with Tilda Swinton, Cara
Charlie Kaufman
…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…
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Nicolas Cage portrays Charlie and Donald Kaufman through split screen.
Nicolas Cage cropped 2009
Chris Cooper 2 Shankbone 2009 Tribeca