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Charles Stuart Kaufman ( / ˈkɔːfmən /; born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
Plot. Self-loathing screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired to write the screenplay adaptation of Susan Orlean 's The Orchid Thief. He struggles with anxiety, social phobia, depression, and low self-esteem. His twin brother, Donald, has moved into his house and is freeloading there.
Adaptation. is a 2002 film directed by Spike Jonze. It was the second collaboration between Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, who's credited as the writer along with his fictional brother Donald Kaufman, a character in the film.
Despite the success of his first produced script, "Being John Malkovich," for which he received an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, Charlie Kaufman is plagued by insecurities, both in his career and his personal life. When he is hired to adapt "The Orchid Thief," a nonfiction b.
Jan 29, 2016 · Adaptation. is credited on page and screen to Charlie Kaufman and his fictional brother Donald Kaufman, whom Kaufman created for the purpose of the meta film (but both are credited for the screenplay).
Dec 6, 2002 · It’s not just any character who’s worried, it’s a woefully insecure writer named Charlie Kaufman who is agonizing over turning Susan Orlean’s bestselling “The Orchid Thief” into a film.
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Since the script was credited to both "Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman," the latter became the only entirely fictional person in history to have been nominated for an Academy Award. In a nutshell, 'Adaptation' is all about failure.
