Charlie Kaufman

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American screenwriter and director known for inventive, cerebral films. He wrote Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and directed Synecdoche, New York, Anomalisa, and I’m Thinking of Ending Things.

Academy Award–winning American screenwriter and director recognized for surreal, psychologically rich dramas since the 1990s.

Reviews highlight Kaufman’s singular voice: poetic, disorienting, and deeply human. Synecdoche, New York marks his directorial debut; Anomalisa’s stop-motion intimacy astonishes; I’m Thinking of Ending Things adapts Iain Reid with dreamlike unease on Netflix. Themes of identity, time, and perception recur, earning consistent praise.