Charlie Kaufman

Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman ( born November 19, 1958 in New York City ) is an American screenwriter and film director. In 2005, he did not win (along with two co-authors ) won the Oscar in the category " Best Original Screenplay " for the film Forget Me! . Previously, he had already been nominated twice for an Academy Award.

Life and work

Charlie Kaufman studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. His career began as a writer of television series. He wrote two episodes of Chris Elliott's sitcom Get a Life, which was followed by dozens of episodes of television series such as Ned and Stacy, and The Dana Carvey Show.

In the focus of international attention he got for the first time as the author of Spike Jonze's feature film debut, Being John Malkovich (1999) - a performance that was in 2000 honored with an Oscar nomination. He then wrote the screenplay for Human Nature (2001 ), in which Michel Gondry has directed for the first time. Both Jonze and Gondry included at this time already the best known and most imaginative music video directors, however, were not yet come across short film productions out. The collaboration with Kaufman as a screenwriter continued after this successful debuts.

Kaufman wrote the screenplay for 2002 Jonze's next film adaptation., Which earned him another Oscar nomination. Based on a film biography of Chuck Barris, he also wrote the screenplay for George Clooney's first directorial effort Confessions - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ( 2002).

For my Do not forget! ( Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004), Gondry's second feature film, Kaufman was again nominated for an Oscar - and won it.

2008 Kaufman made ​​his debut as a film director with Synecdoche, New York and received an invitation to compete in the 61st Film Festival of Cannes. Lionsgate hired him in April 2012 to write the screenplay for the film adaptation of the novel Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness.

Style

His writing, in particular the three Oscar -nominated, let the line between reality and dream world blur, without producing pure fantasy movies. In adaptation. is played with this uncertainty still uncredited: there, the supposedly deceased co-author Donald Kaufman is listed - played in the film as well as his identical twin, Charlie Kaufman by Nicholas Cage.

Quote

"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 thesis directors [ Gondry, Jonze ] know that, and respect it. " ( " Ordinarily, a screenwriter delivers his script now and then can no longer be seen. For me it is not so. I want to be involved from beginning to end. and these directors [ Gondry, Jonze ] know and respect this. " ) "

Filmography

As a screenwriter of films, unless otherwise indicated:

Awards (selection)

Academy Awards

  • 2005: Oscar for Best Original Screenplay ( Forget me not! )
  • 2000: nominated for Best Original Screenplay ( Being John Malkovich )
  • 2003: nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay ( Adaption. )

Golden Globes

  • 2000: nomination for Best Screenplay ( Being John Malkovich )
  • 2003: nomination for Best Screenplay ( Adaption. )
  • 2005: Nomination for Best Screenplay ( Forget me not! )
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