List of awards and nominations received by Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman
	Kaufman at the 2015 Fantastic Fest
Born	Charles Stuart Kaufman; November 19, 1958 (age 65); New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Occupations	Screenwriter; producer; director; novelist;
Years active	1983–present

Charles Stuart Kaufman (/ˈkɔːfmən/; born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and novelist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York (2008), which film critic Roger Ebert called "the best movie of the decade" in 2009.^[1] Further directorial work include the stop motion animated film Anomalisa (2015) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020).

One of the most celebrated screenwriters of his era,^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Kaufman has been nominated for four Academy Awards: twice for Best Original Screenplay for Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (winning for the latter), Best Adapted Screenplay (with his fictional brother) for Adaptation, and Best Animated Feature for Anomalisa. He also won two BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplays and one BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Three of Kaufman's scripts appear in the Writers Guild of America's list of the 101 greatest movie screenplays ever written.^[6]

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Original Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Nominated	^[7]
2002	Best Adapted Screenplay	Adaptation	Nominated	^[8]
2004	Best Original Screenplay	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won	^[9]
2015	Best Animated Feature	Anomalisa	Nominated	^[10]

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Original Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won	^[11]
2002	Best Adapted Screenplay	Adaptation	Won	^[12]
2004	Best Original Screenplay	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won	^[13]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Nominated	^[14]
2002		Adaptation	Nominated	^[15]
2004		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Nominated	^[16]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best First Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won
2008	Best First Feature	Synecdoche, New York	Won
2008	Best Screenplay	Synecdoche, New York	Nominated
2015	Best Film	Anomalisa	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated

Writers Guild of America

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best Original Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Nominated
2002	Best Adapted Screenplay	Adaptation	Nominated
2004	Best Original Screenplay	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won

Festival awards

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008	Palme d'Or	Synecdoche, New York	Nominated
2008	Caméra d'Or	Synecdoche, New York	Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2015	Grand Jury Prize	Anomalisa	Won
2015	Golden Lion		Nominated

Critics awards

Boston Society of Film Critics

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won
2002		Adaptation	Won
2004		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Nominated
2020		I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Won

Chicago Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best Original Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won
2002	Best Adapted Screenplay	Adaptation	Won
2008	Best Original Screenplay	Synecdoche, New York	Nominated
2015	Best Adapted Screenplay	Anomalisa	Nominated
2020	Best Adapted Screenplay	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Best Screenplay	Adaptation	Won
2002		Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Won
2004		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Best Screenplay	Adaptation	Won
2020	Best Adapted Screenplay	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Won

London Film Critics' Circle Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	Screenwriter of the Year	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won
2004		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Nominated
2008		Synecdoche, New York	Nominated

National Board of Review

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	Best Screenplay	Human Nature	Won
2002		Adaptation	Won
2002		Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Won
2004		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won

National Society of Film Critics

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won
2004		Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Nominated
2008		Synecdoche, New York	Nominated
2015		Anomalisa	Nominated
2020		I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Nominated

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Best Screenplay	Adaptation	Won
2004	Best Screenplay	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won

Online Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Best Adapted Screenplay	Adaptation	Won
2004	Best Original Screenplay	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won
2008	Best Original Screenplay	Synecdoche, New York	Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best Original Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won
2002	Best Adapted Screenplay	Adaptation	Won
2020	Best Adapted Screenplay	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Nominated

Toronto Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Best Screenplay	Being John Malkovich	Won
2004	Best Screenplay	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2015	Best Screenplay	Anomalisa	Won

Washington D.C. Critics Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	Best Original Screenplay	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Won

Miscellaneous awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Saturn Awards	Best Writing	Being John Malkovich	Won
2004		Best Writing	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Nominated
2015		Best Animated Film	Anomalisa	Nominated
2015	Producers Guild of America Award	Outstanding Animated Motion Picture	Anomalisa	Nominated
2015	Annie Award	Directing in a Feature Production		Nominated

References

^ Ebert, Roger. (2009-12-13) The best films of the decade – Roger Ebert's Journal Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Blogs.suntimes.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
^ Ebert, Roger (November 5, 2008). "Synecdoche, New York Movie Review (2008)". Retrieved October 16, 2015. "Charlie Kaufman is one of the few truly important writers to make screenplays his medium."
^ "Charlie Kaufman Is The 21st Century's 'Mad Genius Of Cinema'". GQ. June 3, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
^ "Charlie Kaufman: Screenwriters Lecture". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved October 16, 2015. "One of modern cinema's most celebrated writers"...
^ Ulin, David L. (May 14, 2006). "Why Charlie Kaufman Is Us". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 16, 2015. "In exploring our inner selves, he's become one of the best writers of his generation, David L. Ulin argues."
^ "101 Greatest Screenplays List". Writers Guild of America, West. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
^ "72nd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "75th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "77th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "88th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "53rd British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "56th British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "58th British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ "57th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
^ "60th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
^ "62nd Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

[r1-1] Ebert, Roger. (2009-12-13) The best films of the decade – Roger Ebert's Journal Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Blogs.suntimes.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.

[2] Ebert, Roger (November 5, 2008). "Synecdoche, New York Movie Review (2008)". Retrieved October 16, 2015. "Charlie Kaufman is one of the few truly important writers to make screenplays his medium."

[3] "Charlie Kaufman Is The 21st Century's 'Mad Genius Of Cinema'". GQ. June 3, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

[4] "Charlie Kaufman: Screenwriters Lecture". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved October 16, 2015. "One of modern cinema's most celebrated writers"...

[5] Ulin, David L. (May 14, 2006). "Why Charlie Kaufman Is Us". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 16, 2015. "In exploring our inner selves, he's become one of the best writers of his generation, David L. Ulin argues."

[6] "101 Greatest Screenplays List". Writers Guild of America, West. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2015.

[7] "72nd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[8] "75th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[9] "77th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[10] "88th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[11] "53rd British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[12] "56th British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[13] "58th British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[14] "57th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

[15] "60th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

[16] "62nd Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

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Awards and nominations
Films written and directed	Synecdoche, New York (2008) Anomalisa (2015) I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Films written	Being John Malkovich (1999) Human Nature (2001) Adaptation (2002) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Orion and the Dark (2024)
Novels	Antkind (2020)