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Charlie Kaufman

1958 - Today

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Charles Stuart Kaufman (; born November 19, 1958) 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 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), and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). In 2020, he released a novel, Antkind. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charlie Kaufman is the 3,396th most popular writer (down from 3,096th in 2019), the 4,900th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,919th in 2019) and the 385th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Charlie Kaufman ranks 3,396 out of 7,302. Before him are Phan Bội Châu, Augusto Genina, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Karin Michaëlis, Naoya Shiga, and Paul Gallico. After him are Maurice Sendak, Frances Burney, Thomas of Britain, Abu Firas al-Hamdani, William of Jumièges, and Nazik Al-Malaika.

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Among people born in 1958, Charlie Kaufman ranks 151. Before him are Michael Winslow, Serena Grandi, Yuriy Boyko, Mohammad Shtayyeh, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Lakhdar Belloumi. After him are Stephen Hopkins, Hiromi Kawakami, Sergey Litvinov, Kuupik Kleist, Kornelia Ender, and Zlatko Vujović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Kaufman ranks 4,900 out of 20,380. Before him are Amber Lynn (1964), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Joanne Dru (1922), Willie Mays (1931), Paul Gallico (1897), and Esai Morales (1962). After him are Maurice Sendak (1928), Mercedes Ruehl (1948), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Donald Johanson (1943), Mae Marsh (1894), and Elaine Stewart (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Charlie Kaufman ranks 385. Before him are Mike Mentzer (1951), James Rollins (1961), R. J. Palacio (1963), Peter Benchley (1940), Henry Kuttner (1915), and Paul Gallico (1897). After him are Maurice Sendak (1928), Lillian Hellman (1905), Wallace Stevens (1879), Gregory Corso (1930), Lawrence Block (1938), and H.D. (1886).

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