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3 unusual facts about Charlie Kaufman


Charles Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), American screenwriter, producer, and director

David Litt

On this show he worked with Michael J. Weithorn (with whom he would later co-create The King of Queens) and Charlie Kaufman, the writer behind Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Susan Orlean

The book formed the basis of Charlie Kaufman's script for the Spike Jonze film Adaptation. Orlean (portrayed by Meryl Streep in an Oscar-nominated role) was, in effect, made into a fictional character; the movie portrayed her as becoming Laroche's lover and partner in a drug production operation, in which orchids were processed into a fictional psychoactive substance.


Cliff Carpenter

In later life, he had a small role in Synecdoche, New York, directed by Charlie Kaufman and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, and made recurring appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, playing a 22-year-old man who aged prematurely as a consequence of watching Sean Hannity nightly on Fox News.


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