Charles Stuart Kaufman (born November 19, 1958) is an American
screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist. He wrote the films
Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind (2004). He made his directorial debut with
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York (2008), which was also well-received; film critic
Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert dubbed it "the best movie of the decade" in 2009.[1] It
was followed by
Anomalisa

Anomalisa (2015).
One of the most celebrated screenwriters of his era,[2][3][4][5]
Kaufman has been nominated for four Academy Awards: twice for Best
Original Screenplay for
Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind (winning for the latter), Best Adapted Screenplay
(with his fictional brother) for Adaptation, and Best
Animated

Animated Feature
for Anomalisa. He also won two
BAFTA

BAFTA Award for Best Original
Screenplays and one
BAFTA

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Three of
Kaufman's scripts appear in the Writers Guild of America's list of the
101 greatest movie screenplays ever written.[6]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Themes and influences
4 Personal life
5 Work
5.1 Filmography
5.2 Television
5.3 Plays
5.4 Lyrics
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit]
Kaufman was born in New York City to a Jewish family[7][8] on November
19, 1958, the son of Helen and Myron Kaufman.[9] He grew up in
Massapequa, New York

Massapequa, New York before moving to
West Hartford, Connecticut

West Hartford, Connecticut where
he graduated high school.[10] While attending high school, Kaufman was
part of the school's drama club, performing in numerous productions
before landing the lead role in a production of Play It Again, Sam
during his senior year.[10]
After high school graduation, Kaufman attended Boston University
before transferring to
New York University

New York University where he studied film.
While attending New York University, Kaufman met Paul Proch, with whom
he would write many unproduced scripts and plays.[10]
Career[edit]
Between 1983 and 1984, Kaufman and Proch wrote comedic articles and
spoofs on spec for National Lampoon. His work included parodies of
Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut and the X-Men.[11] Kaufman and Proch tried to get their
screenplays produced, sending them to many people in film industry.
The only response the two ever received for their work was a
supportive letter from
Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin in regards to their screenplay
titled Purely Coincidental.[12] In hope of finding talent agents the
two began to write spec scripts for television series such as
Married... with Children

Married... with Children and Newhart. In 1991, Kaufman moved from
Minneapolis

Minneapolis to
Los Angeles

Los Angeles in search of more job prospects. Kaufman
got his start in television by writing two episodes for Chris
Elliott's Get a Life during the 1991–1992 season.[10] During the
1993–1994 season, Kaufman worked on Fox's sketch comedy show The
Edge. Kaufman wrote some pilot scripts while working as a television
writer, but none of them were produced.[10] He later worked as a
writer for
Ned and Stacey and The Dana Carvey Show.[13]
He first came to mainstream notice as the writer of Being John
Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze, earning an Academy Award
nomination for his effort and winning a BAFTA. He wrote the script on
spec in 1994, sending it to many companies and studios, all turning it
down. The script eventually reached Francis Ford Coppola, who passed
it on to his then-son-in-law Jonze, who agreed to direct the film.[14]
After the success of Being John Malkovich, another one of Kaufman's
screenplays was produced titled Human Nature, which was directed by
Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry and produced by Kaufman and Jonze.
Kaufman and Jonze reunited yet again as the screenwriter and director,
respectively, for Adaptation, which earned him another Academy Award
nomination and his second BAFTA. Adaptation featured a fictionalized
version of Kaufman and his fictional brother, Donald, who is credited
as writer of the film along with Kaufman. The idea came to Kaufman
while attempting to adapt Susan Orlean's novel
The Orchid Thief into
film. Struggling with writer's block, Kaufman turned the script into
an exaggerated account of his struggles with adapting the
screenplay.[15]
Kaufman wrote the screenplay for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a
biopic based on the "unauthorized autobiography" of Chuck Barris, the
creator of such popular game shows as
The Dating Game

The Dating Game and host of The
Gong Show. The film focuses on Barris's claim to have been a
CIA

CIA hit
man. It was George Clooney's directorial debut. Kaufman criticized
Clooney for making drastic alterations to the script without
consulting him (instead, Clooney consulted Barris). Kaufman said in an
interview with William Arnold: "The usual thing for a writer is to
deliver a script and then disappear. That's not for me. I want to be
involved from beginning to end. And these directors [Gondry and Jonze]
know that, and respect it."[16]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, released in 2004, was Kaufman's
second pairing with director Michel Gondry. Kaufman won his first
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and third
BAFTA

BAFTA for the
film together with Gondry and French artist Pierre Bismuth. The trio
also received the prestigious
PEN American Center

PEN American Center 2005 prize for
screenplay for the film.[17]
David Edelstein described the film in
Slate as "
The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth turned inside-out by Philip K. Dick, with
nods to Samuel Beckett, Chris Marker, John Guare—the greatest
dramatists of our modern fractured consciousness. But the weave is
pure Kaufman."[18]
After agreeing to participate in Carter Burwell's Theater of the New
Ear, a double bill "sound play", Kaufman wrote and directed the audio
play Hope Leaves the Theater, while the other play in the production,
titled Sawbones, was written and directed by the Coen Brothers[19]
Theater of the New Ear debuted in April 2005 at
St. Ann's Warehouse in
Brooklyn, New York.[20] Due to scheduling conflicts, later productions
of Theater of the New Ear did not feature the Coen's play, replacing
it with
Anomalisa

Anomalisa which was written by Kaufman under the pseudonym
"'Francis Fregoli".[21]
Kaufman made his directorial film debut with the postmodern film
Synecdoche, New York.[22] It premiered at the
Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival in
2008. The idea for the film came when Kaufman and
Spike Jonze
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Spike Jonze were
approached to direct a horror film. Rather than make a conventional
horror film, the two agreed to have the film deal with things they
found frightening in real life, rather than typical horror film
tropes.[23] Kaufman decided to direct the film after Jonze left the
project as the director to direct Where the Wild Things Are instead.
Kaufman was slated to write and direct a film with the working title
Frank or Francis. Few details have been confirmed about the plot
except that it is a musical comedy about internet anger culture.[24]
In July 2012, Jack Black, who was to star in the film, revealed in an
interview that funding for the project had fallen through, as the
studio was unsure about its chances for success after the financial
failure of Kaufman's last directorial effort. Although the future of
the project is not certain, Kaufman says "It could still happen. It
would have to be reinvented, though. We had a whole cast and we were
headed into pre-production. So, I’d have to get people back and who
knows if they would be interested anymore. But, at this point, we
don’t have any money, so that’s a secondary concern."[25]
Dino Stamatopoulos, a former colleague of Kaufman's from The Dana
Carvey Show, became interested in adapting Kaufman's
Anomalisa

Anomalisa play
script into a stop motion animated film. With Kaufman's permission,
Stamatopoulos turned to the crowdfunding website
Kickstarter

Kickstarter in order
to fund the film. The
Kickstarter

Kickstarter page for the film was set up in
August 2012 and by the time funding had ended $406,237 was
pledged.[26] It had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival
on September 4, 2015,[27] receiving universal acclaim from
critics.[28]
Trying to make a return to television, Kaufman directed and wrote a
pilot for FX titled How and Why in 2014. The plot was described as
being about a "man who can explain how and why a nuclear reactor works
but is clueless about life". FX decided to not pick up the pilot, but
it has been shopped to other outlets.[29]
In May 2017, he was announced as one of the three writers of the
upcoming film adaptation of the Patrick Ness'
Chaos Walking

Chaos Walking book
series, together with
John Lee Hancock and Ness himself.[30]
Themes and influences[edit]
Kaufman's works explore such universal themes as identity crisis,
mortality, and the meaning of life through a metaphysical or
parapsychological framework. While his work resists labels, it is
sometimes described as surrealist.[31] He sometimes includes
fictionalized "facts" about his life in his work, notably Adaptation.
and Hope Leaves the Theater.
Apes recur in Kaufman's work: in Being John Malkovich, Lotte has a pet
chimp named Elijah; in Human Nature, Puff was raised as an ape; in
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Penny dreams about an ape; and in
Adaptation, the original deus ex machina was a swamp ape.[32]
Some writers and directors Kaufman has named as favorites of his, or
as influences, are Franz Kafka,[33] Samuel Beckett,[34] Stanisław
Lem,[35] Flannery O'Connor,[36] Shirley Jackson,[37] Italo
Svevo,[citation needed] David Lynch,[38] Lars von Trier,[39] and
Patricia Highsmith.[40]
Personal life[edit]
Kaufman lived and worked for a time during the late 1980s in
Minneapolis, answering calls about missing newspapers at the Star
Tribune, before moving to Los Angeles.[10]
He currently lives in Pasadena, California, with his wife Denise and
their child.[13]
Work[edit]
Filmography[edit]
Year
Title
Director
Writer
Producer
Executive producer
Notes
1999
Being John Malkovich
Yes
Yes
BAFTA

BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay
Saturn Award for Best Writing
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–
Academy Award

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original
Screenplay
2001
Human Nature
Yes
Yes
National Board of Review Award for Best Screenplay
2002
Adaptation.
Yes
Yes
BAFTA

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
National Board of Review Award for Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated–
Academy Award

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Yes
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
National Board of Review Award for Best Screenplay
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Yes
Yes
Academy Award

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
BAFTA

BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
London Film Critics' Circle Award for
Screenwriter

Screenwriter of the Year
National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original
Screenplay
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated–Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best
Screenplay
Nominated–National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Writing
2008
Synecdoche, New York
Yes
Yes
Yes
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Robert Altman Award
Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Palme d'Or
Nominated–Caméra d'Or
Nominated–Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original
Screenplay
Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best
Screenplay
Nominated–National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original
Screenplay
2015
Anomalisa
Yes
Yes
Yes
Co-directed by Duke Johnson
Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–
Academy Award

Academy Award for Best
Animated

Animated Feature
Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Film
Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Golden Lion
Nominated–Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original
Screenplay
Nominated–
Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted
Screenplay
Nominated–National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated–Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer
of
Animated

Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Nominated–Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production
2019
Chaos Walking
Yes
TBA
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Yes
Yes
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Credit
Notes
1991–1992
Get a Life
Writer
2 episodes
1992–1993
The Edge
Writer
20 episodes
1993
The Trouble with Larry
Story editor
7 episodes
1995
Misery Loves Company
Co-producer
6 episodes
1996
The Dana Carvey Show
Writer
8 episodes
1996–1997
Ned and Stacey
Writer and producer
22 episodes
2006
Moral Orel
Story
Uncredited
Episode: "Love"
2014
How and Why
Director, writer, and executive producer
Pilot[41]
Plays[edit]
Year
Title
Credit
Notes
2005
Hope Leaves the Theater
Director and writer
2005
Anomalisa
Director and writer
Under the pseudonym Francis Fregoli
Lyrics[edit]
Year
Soundtrack
Songs
2001
Human Nature
"Hair Everywhere" and "Here with You"
2008
Synecdoche, New York
"Synecdoche Song", "Gravity", "Little Person", and "Song for Caden"
2015
Anomalisa
"None of Them are You"
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Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Anomalisa

Anomalisa (2015)
As screenwriter only
Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich (1999)
Human Nature (2001)
Adaptation (2002)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Chaos Walking

Chaos Walking (2019)
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
1940–1960
Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges (1940)
Herman J. Mankiewicz

Herman J. Mankiewicz and
Orson Welles

Orson Welles (1941)
Michael Kanin

Michael Kanin and
Ring Lardner Jr.

Ring Lardner Jr. (1942)
Norman Krasna (1943)
Lamar Trotti (1944)
Richard Schweizer (1945)
Muriel Box and
Sydney Box (1946)
Sidney Sheldon (1947)
No award (1948)
Robert Pirosh (1949)
Charles Brackett,
D. M. Marshman Jr. and
Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (1950)
Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner (1951)
T. E. B. Clarke (1952)
Charles Brackett,
Richard L. Breen and
Walter Reisch (1953)
Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg (1954)
Sonya Levien and
William Ludwig (1955)
Albert Lamorisse

Albert Lamorisse (1956)
George Wells (1957)
Nathan E. Douglas and
Harold Jacob Smith (1958)
Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin,
Russell Rouse and Stanley Shapiro
(1959)
I. A. L. Diamond and
Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (1960)
1961–1980
William Inge

William Inge (1961)
Ennio de Concini, Pietro Germi, and
Alfredo Giannetti (1962)
James Webb (1963)
Peter Stone and
Frank Tarloff (1964)
Frederic Raphael (1965)
Claude Lelouch

Claude Lelouch and
Pierre Uytterhoeven (1966)
William Rose (1967)
Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks (1968)
William Goldman

William Goldman (1969)
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola and
Edmund H. North (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Jeremy Larner (1972)
David S. Ward

David S. Ward (1973)
Robert Towne

Robert Towne (1974)
Frank Pierson

Frank Pierson (1975)
Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman (1977)
Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, and
Nancy Dowd (1978)
Steve Tesich

Steve Tesich (1979)
Bo Goldman

Bo Goldman (1980)
1981–2000
Colin Welland (1981)
John Briley (1982)
Horton Foote (1983)
Robert Benton (1984)
William Kelley,
Pamela Wallace and
Earl W. Wallace (1985)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1986)
John Patrick Shanley

John Patrick Shanley (1987)
Ronald Bass and
Barry Morrow (1988)
Tom Schulman (1989)
Bruce Joel Rubin (1990)
Callie Khouri

Callie Khouri (1991)
Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan (1992)
Jane Campion

Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino and
Roger Avary

Roger Avary (1994)
Christopher McQuarrie
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Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck and
Matt Damon

Matt Damon (1997)
Marc Norman and
Tom Stoppard
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Tom Stoppard (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe (2000)
2001–present
Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola (2003)
Pierre Bismuth,
Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry and
Charlie Kaufman
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Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody (2007)
Dustin Lance Black
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Dustin Lance Black (2008)
Mark Boal

Mark Boal (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (2011)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze
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Spike Jonze (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr.,
and Armando Bo (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan
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Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Jordan Peele
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Jordan Peele (2017)
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BAFTA

BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
Paul D. Zimmerman (1983)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1984)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1985)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1986)
David Leland (1987)
Shawn Slovo (1988)
Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron (1989)
Giuseppe Tornatore

Giuseppe Tornatore (1990)
Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella (1991)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1992)
Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis and
Danny Rubin

Danny Rubin (1993)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino and
Roger Avary

Roger Avary (1994)
Christopher McQuarrie
.jpg/440px-Christopher_McQuarrie_(2).jpg)
Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
Mike Leigh
_cropped.jpg/440px-Mike_Leigh_(Berlinale_2012)_cropped.jpg)
Mike Leigh (1996)
Gary Oldman
.jpg/440px-Gary_Oldman_in_2017_(36334517524).jpg)
Gary Oldman (1997)
Andrew Niccol

Andrew Niccol (1998)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (1999)
Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe (2000)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Tom McCarthy (2003)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody (2007)
Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh (2008)
Mark Boal

Mark Boal (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius

Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Eric Warren Singer and
David O. Russell

David O. Russell (2013)
Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson and
Hugo Guinness (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan
.jpg/440px-Kenneth_Lonergan_Viennale_2016_opening_4_(cropped).jpg)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh (2017)
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BAFTA

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983)
Bruce Robinson

Bruce Robinson (1984)
Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985)
Kurt Luedtke (1986)
Claude Berri

Claude Berri and
Gérard Brach (1987)
Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière and
Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman (1988)
Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton (1989)
Nicholas Pileggi

Nicholas Pileggi and
Martin Scorsese
.jpg/440px-Martin_Scorsese_Berlinale_2010_(cropped).jpg)
Martin Scorsese (1990)
Dick Clement,
Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle and
Ian La Frenais (1991)
Michael Tolkin

Michael Tolkin (1992)
Steven Zaillian (1993)
Paul Attanasio

Paul Attanasio (1994)
John Hodge (1995)
Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella (1996)
Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann and
Craig Pearce

Craig Pearce (1997)
Elaine May

Elaine May (1998)
Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan (1999)
Stephen Gaghan
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Stephen Gaghan (2000)
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio,
Roger S. H. Schulman and Joe Stillman
(2001)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
Philippa Boyens,
Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson and
Fran Walsh (2003)
Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry and
Diana Ossana (2005)
Jeremy Brock and
Peter Morgan (2006)
Ronald Harwood (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman and
Sheldon Turner (2009)
Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Bridget O'Connor and
Peter Straughan (2011)
David O. Russell

David O. Russell (2012)
Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan and
Jeff Pope

Jeff Pope (2013)
Anthony McCarten (2014)
Adam McKay
.jpg/440px-Adam_McKay_(cropped).jpg)
Adam McKay and
Charles Randolph (2015)
Luke Davies

Luke Davies (2016)
James Ivory
.jpg/440px-James_Ivory_(1991.09).jpg)
James Ivory (2017)
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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
Screenplay
(1995–1996, 2001–2008, retired)
Emma Thompson
.jpg/440px-Emma_Thompson_at_2013_TIFF_1_(cropped).jpg)
Emma Thompson (1995)
Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella (1996)
Christopher Nolan
.jpg/440px-Christopher_Nolan,_London,_2013_(crop).jpg)
Christopher Nolan (2001)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (2002)
Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan (2003)
Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Screenplay, Original
(1997–2000, 2009–present)
Matt Damon

Matt Damon and
Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck (1997)
Tom Stoppard
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Tom Stoppard and
Marc Norman (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe (2000)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (2011)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze
.jpg/440px-Spike_Jonze_Her_Premiere_NYFF_2013_(cropped).jpg)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr.,
and Armando Bo (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Damien Chazelle
.jpg/440px-Damien_Chazelle_on_the_set_of_La_La_Land_(cropped).jpg)
Damien Chazelle /
Kenneth Lonergan
.jpg/440px-Kenneth_Lonergan_Viennale_2016_opening_4_(cropped).jpg)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Jordan Peele
.jpg/440px-Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Jordan Peele (2017)
Screenplay, Adapted
(1997–2000, 2009–present)
Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson and
Brian Helgeland (1997)
Scott Smith (1998)
Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont (1999)
Stephen Gaghan
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Stephen Gaghan (2000)
Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman and
Sheldon Turner (2009)
Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and
Stan Chervin (2011)
Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner (2012)
John Ridley

John Ridley (2013)
Gillian Flynn
.jpg/420px-Gillian_Flynn_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Gillian Flynn (2014)
Adam McKay
.jpg/440px-Adam_McKay_(cropped).jpg)
Adam McKay and
Charles Randolph (2015)
Eric Heisserer (2016)
James Ivory
.jpg/440px-James_Ivory_(1991.09).jpg)
James Ivory (2017)
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London Film Critics' Circle Award for
Screenwriter

Screenwriter of the Year
Steve Tesich

Steve Tesich (1980)
Colin Welland (1981)
Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras and
Donald E. Stewart (1982)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983)
Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman (1984)
Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett (1985)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1986)
Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett (1987)
David Mamet

David Mamet (1988)
Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton (1989)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1990)
David Mamet

David Mamet (1991)
Michael Tolkin

Michael Tolkin (1992)
Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis and
Danny Rubin

Danny Rubin (1993)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Paul Attanasio

Paul Attanasio (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson and
Brian Helgeland (1997)
Andrew Niccol

Andrew Niccol (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (2000)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2001)
Andrew Bovell (2002)
John Collee

John Collee and
Peter Weir

Peter Weir (2003)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Peter Morgan (2006)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche
(2009)
Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Asghar Farhadi

Asghar Farhadi (2011)
Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke (2012)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2013)
Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan
.jpg/440px-Kenneth_Lonergan_Viennale_2016_opening_4_(cropped).jpg)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh (2017)
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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
1967–2000
David Newman and
Robert Benton (1967)
John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes (1968)
Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969)
Éric Rohmer

Éric Rohmer (1970)
Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman (1972)
George Lucas,
Gloria Katz and
Willard Huyck (1973)
Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman (1974)
Robert Towne

Robert Towne and
Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty (1975)
Alain Tanner

Alain Tanner and
John Berger
.jpg/440px-John_Berger-2009_(6).jpg)
John Berger (1976)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman (1977)
Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky (1978)
Steve Tesich

Steve Tesich (1979)
Bo Goldman

Bo Goldman (1980)
John Guare

John Guare (1981)
Murray Schisgal and
Larry Gelbart

Larry Gelbart (1982)
Bill Forsyth

Bill Forsyth (1983)
Lowell Ganz,
Babaloo Mandel and
Bruce Jay Friedman (1984)
Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks and
Monica Johnson (1985)
Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi (1986)
John Boorman

John Boorman (1987)
Ron Shelton (1988)
Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)
Charles Burnett (1990)
David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg (1991)
David Webb Peoples (1992)
Jane Campion

Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino and
Roger Avary

Roger Avary (1994)
Amy Heckerling (1995)
Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks and
Monica Johnson (1996)
Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson and
Brian Helgeland (1997)
Scott Frank (1998)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan
.jpg/440px-Kenneth_Lonergan_Viennale_2016_opening_4_(cropped).jpg)
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
2001–present
Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes (2001)
Ronald Harwood (2002)
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Noah Baumbach

Noah Baumbach (2005)
Peter Morgan (2006)
Tamara Jenkins

Tamara Jenkins (2007)
Mike Leigh
_cropped.jpg/440px-Mike_Leigh_(Berlinale_2012)_cropped.jpg)
Mike Leigh (2008)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2009)
Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Asghar Farhadi

Asghar Farhadi (2011)
Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner (2012)
Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and
Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy (2013)
Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan
.jpg/440px-Kenneth_Lonergan_Viennale_2016_opening_4_(cropped).jpg)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig (2017)
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Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella (1996)
Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson and
Brian Helgeland (1997)
Bill Condon (1998)
John Irving
.jpg/440px-John_Irving_at_Cologne_2010_(7108).jpg)
John Irving (1999)
Doug Wright (2000)
Robert Festinger and
Todd Field

Todd Field (2001)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
Brian Helgeland (2003)
Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis (2004)
Robin Swicord (2005)
William Monahan

William Monahan (2006)
Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton (2007)
Peter Morgan (2008)
Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2009)
Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and
Nat Faxon
.jpg/440px-Nat_Faxon_July_14,_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Nat Faxon (2011)
David Magee (2012)
Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan and
Jeff Pope

Jeff Pope (2013)
Graham Moore (2014)
Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin (2015)
Kieran Fitzgerald and
Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone (2016)
Scott Neustadter

Scott Neustadter and
Michael H. Weber (2017)
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Saturn Award for Best Writing
William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty (1973)
Ib Melchior/
Harlan Ellison
.jpg/440px-Harlan_Ellison_at_the_LA_Press_Club_19860712_(cropped_portrait).jpg)
Harlan Ellison (1974/75)
Jimmy Sangster

Jimmy Sangster (1976)
George Lucas

George Lucas (1977)
Elaine May

Elaine May and
Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty (1978)
Nicholas Meyer
.jpg/440px-Nicholas_Meyer_(2008-11-17).jpg)
Nicholas Meyer (1979)
William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty (1980)
Lawrence Kasdan

Lawrence Kasdan (1981)
Melissa Mathison

Melissa Mathison (1982)
Ray Bradbury
_-cropped-.jpg/440px-Ray_Bradbury_(1975)_-cropped-.jpg)
Ray Bradbury (1983)
James Cameron

James Cameron and
Gale Anne Hurd

Gale Anne Hurd (1984)
Tom Holland (1985)
James Cameron

James Cameron (1986)
Michael Miner and
Edward Neumeier

Edward Neumeier (1987)
Gary Ross and
Anne Spielberg (1988)
William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty (1989/90)
Ted Tally (1991)
James V. Hart

James V. Hart (1992)
Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton and
David Koepp (1993)
Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison and
Wesley Strick

Wesley Strick (1994)
Andrew Kevin Walker (1995)
Kevin Williamson (1996)
Mike Werb and
Michael Colleary (1997)
Andrew Niccol

Andrew Niccol (1998)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (1999)
David Hayter

David Hayter (2000)
Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg (2001)
Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (2002)
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and
Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson (2003)
Alvin Sargent (2004)
Christopher Nolan
.jpg/440px-Christopher_Nolan,_London,_2013_(crop).jpg)
Christopher Nolan and
David S. Goyer

David S. Goyer (2005)
Michael Dougherty
_(cropped).jpg/440px-SDCC_2015_-_Michael_Dougherty_(19545020868)_(cropped).jpg)
Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris (2006)
Brad Bird

Brad Bird (2007)
Christopher and
Jonathan Nolan

Jonathan Nolan (2008)
James Cameron

James Cameron (2009)
Christopher Nolan
.jpg/440px-Christopher_Nolan,_London,_2013_(crop).jpg)
Christopher Nolan (2010)
Jeff Nichols

Jeff Nichols (2011)
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze
.jpg/440px-Spike_Jonze_Her_Premiere_NYFF_2013_(cropped).jpg)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Christopher and
Jonathan Nolan

Jonathan Nolan (2014)
Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, and
Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt (2015)
Eric Heisserer (2016)
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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
Original Drama
(1969–1983, retired)
William Goldman

William Goldman (1969)
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola and
Edmund H. North (1970)
Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
Jeremy Larner (1972)
Steve Shagan (1973)
Robert Towne

Robert Towne (1974)
Frank Pierson

Frank Pierson (1975)
Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents (1977)
Nancy Dowd,
Robert C. Jones and
Waldo Salt (1978)
Mike Gray,
T. S. Cook and
James Bridges (1979)
Bo Goldman

Bo Goldman (1980)
Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty and
Trevor Griffiths (1981)
Melissa Mathison

Melissa Mathison (1982)
Horton Foote (1983)
Original Comedy
(1969–1983, retired)
Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969)
Neil Simon

Neil Simon (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky

Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman and
Robert Benton (1972)
Melvin Frank and Jack Rose (1973)
Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman,
Richard Pryor
_(cropped).jpg/440px-Richard_Pryor_(1986)_(cropped).jpg)
Richard Pryor and Alan
Uger (1974)
Robert Towne

Robert Towne and
Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty (1975)
Bill Lancaster

Bill Lancaster (1976)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman (1977)
Larry Gelbart

Larry Gelbart and
Sheldon Keller (1978)
Steve Tesich

Steve Tesich (1979)
Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller and
Charles Shyer

Charles Shyer (1980)
Steve Gordon (1981)
Don McGuire,
Larry Gelbart

Larry Gelbart and
Murray Schisgal (1982)
Lawrence Kasdan

Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek (1983)
Original Screenplay
(1984–present)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1984)
William Kelley and
Earl W. Wallace (1985)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1986)
John Patrick Shanley

John Patrick Shanley (1987)
Ron Shelton (1988)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (1989)
Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson (1990)
Callie Khouri

Callie Khouri (1991)
Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan (1992)
Jane Campion

Jane Campion (1993)
Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis (1994)
Randall Wallace (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks and
Mark Andrus (1997)
Marc Norman and
Tom Stoppard
.jpg)
Tom Stoppard (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan
.jpg/440px-Kenneth_Lonergan_Viennale_2016_opening_4_(cropped).jpg)
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes (2001)
Michael Moore
_9.jpg/440px-Michael_Moore_66ème_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra)_9.jpg)
Michael Moore (2002)
Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola (2003)
Charlie Kaufman
_(cropped).jpg/480px-Charlie_Kaufman_Fantastic_Fest_2015-0257_(27441349145)_(cropped).jpg)
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody (2007)
Dustin Lance Black
.jpg/460px-Dustin_Lance_Black_on_Forum_Stage_at_Web_Summit_2017_(24373767078).jpg)
Dustin Lance Black (2008)
Mark Boal

Mark Boal (2009)
Christopher Nolan
.jpg/440px-Christopher_Nolan,_London,_2013_(crop).jpg)
Christopher Nolan (2010)
Woody Allen

Woody Allen (2011)
Mark Boal

Mark Boal (2012)
Spike Jonze
.jpg/440px-Spike_Jonze_Her_Premiere_NYFF_2013_(cropped).jpg)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson and
Hugo Guinness (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Barry Jenkins
.jpg/440px-Barry_Jenkins_(cropped).jpg)
Barry Jenkins and
Tarell Alvin McCraney
.jpg/440px-Tarell_McCraney_(32303406504).jpg)
Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
Jordan Peele
.jpg/440px-Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Jordan Peele (2017)
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VIAF: 103198746
LCCN: no2001002173
ISNI: 0000 0001 2146 0805
GND: 131817876
SELIBR: 330675
SUDOC: 068861893
BNF: cb141100510 (data)
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