Charlie Kaufman

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John Cusack as Craig Schwartz sits on the open window frame of a car parked on an industrial roadside in a scene from Being John Malkovich.

Chris Cooper, wearing a blue cap and gray shirt, stands waist-deep in swampy water with a cigarette in his mouth in a scene from the film Adaptation.

Tom Wilkinson, dressed as a doctor, stands beside Jim Carrey, who sits on an exam table looking pensive, in a scene from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton stand outdoors on a rooftop patio, looking upward with concerned expressions, in a scene from the film Synecdoche, New York.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Charlie Kaufman.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 10, 2026
	Add new Web site: ABC News - Charlie Kaufman film I'm Thinking of Ending Things delves into the horror of the human condition.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 11, 2026
	Added cross-reference to John Cusack.	Mindy Johnston	Mar 18, 2026
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 15, 2025
	Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Charlie Kaufman.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 27, 2025
	Add new Web site: NPR - Charlie Kaufman on Being and Directing.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 15, 2025
	Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Lauren Laverne - Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson talk to Lauren Laverne.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 07, 2025
	Add new Web site: BFI - Charlie Kaufman on I'm Thinking of Ending Things.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Charlie Kaufman.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 21, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Charlie Kaufman.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 25, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 03, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Guardian - Charlie Kaufman: 'Making people laugh makes me feel validated as a human'.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 29, 2024
	Added the film I'm Thinking of Ending Things.	Amy Tikkanen	Sep 16, 2020
	Noted that he was codirector of Anomalisa.	Patricia Bauer	Apr 28, 2020
	Added cross-references.	Amy Tikkanen	May 11, 2018
	Noted the release of Anomalisa (2015).	Richard Pallardy	Feb 01, 2016
	Add new Web site: AllMovie - Charlie Kaufman.	Surabhi Sinha	Aug 26, 2013
	Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Charlie Kaufman.	Surabhi Sinha	Aug 26, 2013
	New article added.	Melissa Albert	Aug 16, 2010