History Creator / CharlieKaufman

** ''Anomolisa'' is a combination of ‘’Anomaly’’ and Lisa’’.

He is considered to be among the most brilliant contemporary screenwriters, and among his accolades, he has won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, three BAFTA Awards, two Independent Spirit Awards, and a Writers Guild of America Award.

* ''Film/{{Adaptation}}''*: A meta-adaptation of Susan Orlean's book ''The Orchid Thief'', framed as the story of Kaufman's struggle to script an unfilmable novel adaptation and deal with his evil-hack-writer-twin. Became the first film in history to receive an Oscar nomination for a fictional character (said evil-hack-writer-twin), as the character was credited as a co-writer of the film's screenplay (which got a nod for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAdaptedScreenplay Best Adapted]]).

* ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind''*: A science fiction film about a couple who undergo a procedure to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erase each other from their memories]] after they break up. Kaufman won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalScreenplay for this film.

* ''WesternAnimation/OrionAndTheDark''*: Kaufman’s second animation feature, this time produced through Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, telling the story of a boy afraid of everything, who is approached by the AnthropomorphicPersonification of darkness itself to learn courage.

* ''Film/{{Adaptation}}''*: A meta-adaptation of ''The Orchid Thief'', framed as the story of Kaufman's struggle to script an unfilmable novel adaptation and deal with his evil-hack-writer-twin. Became the first film in history to receive an Oscar nomination for a fictional character (said evil-hack-writer-twin), as the character was credited as a co-writer of the film's screenplay (which got a nod for Best Adapted).

* ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind''*: A science fiction film about a company which can [[LaserGuidedAmnesia selectively erase their clients' memories]]. Kaufman won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Original Screenplay for this film.
* ''Film/SynecdocheNewYork''**: Kaufman's directorial debut about a stage director who creates a [[RecursiveReality life-sized model]] of [[BigApplesauce New York City]] in his pursuit of verisimilitude on the stage. Considered by Creator/RogerEbert to be the best movie of the last decade.
* ''How & Why''**: An [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unsuccessful]] TV pilot Kaufman pitched to FX about a host of a cancelled children's science show (played by Creator/MichaelCera) who tries to start over with a new show in a little TV market - also a portal to the supernatural world.

* ''Antkind''*: Kaufman's 2020 debut novel, about a film critic named B. Rosenberger Rosenberg trying to remember a 3 month long film, which leads him on a surreal journey throughout his brain, other's brains, and beyond.

* WidgetSeries: Usually of a dramatic variety.

Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman (born 1958) is an American writer, director and author known for creating stories with [[PostModernism metatextual]] references and dense, [[MindScrew headache-inducing]] absurdism[=/=]{{surrealism}}.

* ''Film/{{Adaptation}}''*: A meta-adaptation of ''The Orchid Thief'', framed as the story of Kaufman's struggle to script an unfilmable novel adaptation and deal with his evil-hack-writer-twin. Became the first film in history to credit a fictional character (said evil-hack-writer-twin) in an Oscar nomination, as the character was credited a co-writer of the film's screenplay.

* ''Film/{{Adaptation}}''*: A meta-adaptation of ''The Orchid Thief'', framed as the story of Kaufman's struggle to script an unfilmable novel adaptation and deal with his evil-hack-writer-twin. Perhaps the first film in history to credit a fictional character (said evil-hack-writer-twin) as a co-writer for a screenplay Oscar nomination.

Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman (born 1958) is an American writer, director and author known for his [[PostModernism metatextual]] references, use of absurdism, and [[MindScrew headache-inducing]] tendencies. Creator/SpikeJonze and Creator/MichelGondry have each directed several of Kaufman's screenplays. Considered to be among the most brilliant contemporary screenplay-writers.

* ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''*: The directorial debut of Creator/GeorgeClooney, although Clooney deviated considerably from the script without Kaufman's permission.