![]() In 2008, Kaufman won a second Independent Spirit Award, this time for directing his post-modern psychological drama Synecdoche, New York. His second collaboration with Michel Gondry, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind won Kaufman both a Writers Guild Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Adaptation earned Kaufman his second Writers Guild Award and second Academy Award. In 2002 Kaufman wrote two high-profile adaptations: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, based on Chuck Barris’ questionable unauthorized autobiography of the same name, and the meta comedy Adaptation, about Kaufman’s own struggles adapting Susan Orlean's acclaimed novel The Orchid Thief. Kaufman’s 2001 screenplay, Human Nature, marked his first pairing with surrealist director Michel Gondry. Kaufman was nominated for a Writers Guild Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his 1999 groundbreaking screenplay Being John Malkovich, for which Kaufman won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Kaufman’s writing career began on the early ‘90s cult classic sitcom Get a Life, and he spent much the ‘90s working in comedy and sketch television before transitioning into film. ![]() The Guild’s lifetime achievement award is presented to members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter.” Acclaimed writer, director, producer, and author Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of the Writers Guild Award and Academy Award-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2023 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
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