Philip Kaufman

    Writer, Director, Producer

    Birthdate: Oct 23, 1936

    Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Director and screenwriter Philip Kaufman was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Chicago and later Harvard Law School. He won the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at Cannes in 1965 for his film Goldstein (1964). He was the screenwriter for The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and was to direct it but was replaced as director by Clint Eastwood, owing to their love triangle with the late Sondra Locke. Kaufman's first hit as director was Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), a remake of Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic (in fact, Siegel has a cameo in it as a cab driver), and later, Kaufman was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay on Material from Another Medium in 1988 for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). Kaufman's steamy Henry & June (1990) was the first film released by a major studio to be rated NC-17, which created much controversy.

    Known For

    The Right Stuff
    The Right Stuff

    (1983)

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    (1988)

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    (1978)

    Philip Kaufman Movies

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    • 2021 |
      Algren (revised)
    • 2021 |

      Algren

      asSelf
    • 2004 |
      Twisted
    • 2000 |
      Quills
    • 1994 |
      China: The Wild East
    • 1993 |
      Rising Sun
    • 1990 |
      Henry & June
    • 1989 |
      Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    • 1988 |
      The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    • 1983 |
      The Right Stuff
    • 1978 |
      Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    • 1974 |
      The White Dawn
    • 1972 |
      The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
    • 1967 |
      Fearless Frank
    • 1964 |
      Goldstein

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    • 1983 |

      The Right Stuff

    • 1979 |

      The Wanderers

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    Philip Kaufman: Biography, Movies, Net Worth & Photos