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Portrait of Charlie Kaufman

Writing

Charlie Kaufman

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
GoodWatch score86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Original Screenplay

    2005 · Won

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    2005 · Won · 77th Academy Awards

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Adapted Screenplay

    2003 · Won

    Adaptation

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Original Screenplay

    2000 · Won · 53rd British Academy Film Awards

    Being John Malkovich

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Animated Feature Film

    2016 · Nominated · 88th Academy Awards

    Anomalisa

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    2003 · Nominated · 75th Academy Awards

    Adaptation

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    2000 · Nominated · 72nd Academy Awards

    Being John Malkovich

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Charlie Kaufman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.4, average 3.6
  • Historical
    0.5, average 2.5
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Unsettling Atmosphere 2
  • Existential Dread 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Unreliable Narrator 2
  • Philosophical Themes 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Sketch Comedy 2
  • Cringe Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
How and Why
How and Why

Director, Writer

The Memory Police
The Memory Police

Screenplay

Later the War
Later the War

Screenplay, Director

2020s

8 titles · average score 68
Uchronia
Uchronia (2026)

Executive Producer

How to Shoot a Ghost
How to Shoot a Ghost (2025)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

The Actor
The Actor (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

Executive Producer

Darkest Miriam
Darkest Miriam (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

Executive Producer

Orion and the Dark
Orion and the Dark (2024)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Jackals & Fireflies
Jackals & Fireflies (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Producer

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Screenplay

Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy
Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

Thanks

2010s

4 titles · average score 79
Anomalisa
Anomalisa (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer, Theatre Play

Her
Her (2013)
GoodWatch score 85

Thanks

Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
GoodWatch score 70

Script Consultant

Waking Up
Waking Up (2010)

Thanks

2000s

5 titles · average score 72
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Producer

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
GoodWatch score 86

Story, Screenplay

Adaptation.
Adaptation. (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Human Nature
Human Nature (2001)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Producer

1990s

1 title · average score 84
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich (1999)
GoodWatch score 84

Writer, Executive Producer