Philip Kaufman
Philip "Phil" Kaufman (born October 23, 1936 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American film director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Philip Kaufman first attended the University of Chicago and then moved to Harvard Law School. He later moved to Europe as a backpacker with his wife. The European film culture and the encounter with Anaïs Nin were formative for him on his way to becoming a filmmaker.
Kaufman had his breakthrough with the remake The Body Eaters Are Coming (1978). He and George Lucas developed the plot for the Oscar- winning film Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 and thus the basis for Lawrence Kasdan's screenplay.
In 1989 he and Jean-Claude Carrière received an Oscar nomination for the best adapted screenplay for the film The Unbearable Lightness of Being .
His 1990 film Henry & June , the film adaptation of the relationship between Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin , triggered a reform of the US film rating system and the introduction of the MPAA rating , especially the NC-17 rating.
Philip Kaufman has a son with his wife.
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1971: The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
- 1974: The White Dawn
- 1977: The Body Snatchers (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) - after the novel by Jack Finney
- 1979: The Wanderers
- 1983: The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff)
- 1987: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
- 1990: Henry & June
- 1993: The Rising Sun - based on a novel by Michael Crichton
- 2000: Quills - Power of Obsession (Quills)
- 2004: Twisted (Twisted)
- 2012: Hemingway & Gellhorn
Script / literary source
- 1976: The Texan (The Outlaw Josey Wales) - Director: Clint Eastwood
- 1980: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark) - Director: Steven Spielberg ; The Kaufman story served as the template for the script by Lawrence Kasdan
Web links
- Philip Kaufman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufman, Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaufman, Phil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois, United States |