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American screenwriter known for his [[Post Modernism|metatextual]] references, use of absurdism, and [[Mind Screw|headache-inducing]] tendencies. [[Spike Jonze]] and [[Michel Gondry]] have each directed several of Kaufman's screenplays. Considered to be among the most brilliant contemporary screenplay-writers.
 
 
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An American screenwriter known for his [[Post Modernism|metatextual]] references, use of absurdism, and [[Mind Screw|headache-inducing]] tendencies. [[Spike Jonze]] and [[Michel Gondry]] have each directed several of Kaufman's screenplays. Considered to be among the most brilliant contemporary screenplay-writers.
 
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* ''[[Being John Malkovich]]''
* ''[[Human Nature (Film)|Human Nature]]'' (the feature debut of director [[Michel Gondry]])
* ''[[Adaptation]]'' (a meta-adaptation of ''The Orchid Thief'', framed as the story of Kaufman's struggle to script an unfilmable novel adaptation, and with his evil-hack-writer-twin.)
* ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (The directorial debut of [[George Clooney]].)
* ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' (Kaufman won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Original Screenplay for this.)
* ''[[Synecdoche New York|Synecdoche, New York]]'' (Kaufman's directorial debut, about a stage director who creates a [[Recursive Reality|life-sized model]] of [[Big Applesauce|New York City]] in his pursuit of verisimilitude on the stage.) Considered by [[Roger Ebert]] to be the best movie of the last decade.
 
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