Charlie Kaufman: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Charles Stewart Kaufman
Born	November 19, 1958 (age 67) • New York City • New York • (Birthday in 6 days)
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2005)
Notable Works	“Adaptation” • “Anomalisa” • “Being John Malkovich” • “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” • “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” • “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” • “Synecdoche, New York”

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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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