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Charlie Kaufman

American filmmaker and novelist

0.89body-of-work score · ranked #959 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 19, 1958 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film producer, film director, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Charlie Kaufman
anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Synecdoche, New York

    2008 · United States · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #14 · Ebert's annual top 10 2008 #null · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.513 citations
  2. 2
    Anomalisa

    2015 · United States · comedy, drama, romance

    Film Comment year-end poll 2015 #12 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.382 citations

Complete filmography

All 6 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.