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Also known as Phil Kaufman

American film director, screenwriter and film producer

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Works
6

Top works

  • Avey the Aviator
  • Fuzzball Is Very Fast
  • Manual Para Catolicos Disconformes
  • Rising sun
  • Unbearable lightness of being

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1981-04-03
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Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter. His movies have adapted novels of widely different types – from Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being to Michael Crichton’s Rising Sun; from Tom Wolfe’s heroic epic The Right Stuff to the erotic writings of Anaïs Nin’s Henry & June. His greatest success has been the film The Right Stuff which received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Philip+

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Key facts

Born
( 1936-10-23 ) October 23, 1936 (age 89) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
Occupations
Director screenwriter producer
Years active
1964–2012
Style
Comedy-drama Satire Erotic thriller Erotic dramas Horror Thriller Western
Spouse
Rose Fisher ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ; died 2009 ) ​
Website
PhilipKaufman.com

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Encyclopedic overview

Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning nearly five decades. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award along with nominations for an Academy Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He has been described as a "maverick" and an "iconoclast," notable for his versatility and independence, often directing eclectic and controversial films. He is considered an "auteur" whose films have always expressed his personal vision. Kaufman's works have included genres such as realism, horror, fantasy, erotica, western, and crime.

Kaufman’s film The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed such films as The Wanderers (1979), Rising Sun (1993), the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Henry & June (1990), and Quills (2000). His film The Right Stuff (1983), received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. He also directed the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special nomination.

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