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An American screenwriter known for his metatextual references, use of absurdism, and 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.

His works include:

Being John Malkovich
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 (Kaufman's directorial debut, about a stage director who creates a life-sized model of 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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-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]])
+* ''[[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.
+* ''[[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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