Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is a film director and screenwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Chicago and later Harvard Law School. After spending some time backpacking in Europe with his wife, Kaufman relocated back to the United States. Much of his time in Europe heavily influenced Kaufman's decision to become a filmmaker, when he and his wife would wander into small movie theaters showcasing the works of John Cassavetes among others, He held some odd jobs including mailman. During his frequent travels he met Anais Nin, lover of writer Henry Miller. The relationship between Miller and Nin was the inspiration for Kaufman's film Henry and June. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Official website: http://egov. ... The University of Chicago is a private research university located primarily in the Hyde Park neigborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... John Cassavetes John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 - February 3, 1989) was a Greek American actor, screenwriter, and director. ... Ana s Nin (February 21, 1903 - January 14, 1977) was a French author who became famous for her self-published diaries, which span a period of forty years, beginning when she was twelve years old. ... Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter of German Catholic heritage. ... Henry and June: From A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932) Henry and June (published 1986) is based on material expurgated from the first volume of Anais Nins published diaries, written between October 1931 and October 1932. ...

Kaufman relocated back to his native Chicago, ready to make a feature film. With his wife behind him, he proceeded to go around town looking for funding for his film, which became his directorial debut, Goldstein. With that film in 1965, he was awarded the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the Cannes Film Festival. Acclaimed French director Jean Renoir called it the best American film in 20 years. Kaufman later went on to direct Fearless Frank which marked the debut of Jon Voight. While the movie didn't gain as much attention as Goldstein, it did help Kaufman land a contract in Universal Studios' Young Directors Program. In 1976 he wrote The Outlaw Josey Wales, and was at one point signed on to direct it, but was later replaced by Clint Eastwood. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Goldstein is a proper noun and common surname: Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli mass murderer. ... The Palais des Festivals (2000) The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival international du film de Cannes or simply le Festival de Cannes) is the worlds most prestigious film festival, first held from September 20 to October 5, 1946 in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of... Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project. ... Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979), born in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France was a film director. ... Jon Voight (born Jonathan Voight on December 29, 1938 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor of German and English descent. ... Goldstein is a proper noun and common surname: Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli mass murderer. ... The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal, has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los Angeles and Burbank. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Film box cover Screenshot from film The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 western movie set at the end of the American Civil War in which a peaceful farmsteader, driven to revenge by the savage and brutal slaying of his family by Union irregulars, joins up with a group of... Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ...

In 1978 Kaufman directed the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which would become his first hit. Soon after, in 1981, Kaufman became involved with the first Indiana Jones film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, for which he receives story credit. While the character of Indiana Jones was created by George Lucas, it was Kaufman who came up with the story and the pursuit of the Ark of the Covenant. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 science fiction film. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones Indiana Jones is a fictional bullwhip-toting, fedora-wearing archaeologist with an overdeveloped ophidiophobia (fear of snakes). ... Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... A late 19th-century artists conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing a Renaissance cassone for the Ark and cherubim as latter-day Christian angels The Ark of the Covenant (ארון הברית in Hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container built at the command...

In 1983 Kaufman directed the critically acclaimed film, The Right Stuff, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Stuff is both a 1979 book by Tom Wolfe, and a 1983 film adapted from the book. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 1988 Kaufman was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech language: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí) is a novel written by Milan Kundera in 1984. ...

In 1990 he wrote and directed Henry and June, which is said to be a major factor in the development of a new MPAA rating, NC-17. This article is about the year. ... Henry and June: From A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932) Henry and June (published 1986) is based on material expurgated from the first volume of Anais Nins published diaries, written between October 1931 and October 1932. ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), originally called the Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association, is a non-profit trade association based in the United States which was formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and territories and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ...

In 1993 he directed Rising Sun, an adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel which removed the anti-Japanese bias of the book. The film starred Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes and Harvey Keitel. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Rising Sun is a novel (ISBN 0394589424) written in 1992 by Michael Crichton about a murder in the Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto, a fictional Japanese corporation. ... Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (born October 23, 1942, pronounced cry-ton ) is an author, film producer and television producer. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Sean Connery as James Bond 007 in Goldfinger. ... Wesley Snipes (born July 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor and producer. ... Harvey Keitel in Clockers Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ...

In 2000 Kaufman directed Quills, a satirical horror film about the increasingly desperate efforts of the Marquis de Sade's jailers to censor his licentious works, starring Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix, Kate Winslet and Michael Caine. This article is about the year 2000. ... Film poster for Quills. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... For omission and secrecy, see censorship. ... Geoffrey Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. ... Joaquin (pronounced // or //) Rafael Phoenix (born October 28, 1974), once also known as Leaf Phoenix, is an Oscar-nominated Puerto Rican-born American actor. ... Kate Winslet. ... Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is an Oscar winning English film actor. ...

In 2003 he directed Twisted, a thriller about a young policewoman whose casual sex partners are murdered while she herself suffers alcoholic blackouts. It starred Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia. Many critics cite that Kaufman's contribution to American film is that he's a director who refuses to be chosen as a one genre director, since every film he does is never in the same genre. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The thriller is a genre of fiction in which tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world. ... This article needs cleanup. ... For other uses, see Blackout (disambiguation). ... Ashley Judd on the cover of Harpers Bazaar Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California) is an American actress. ... Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction. ... Andy Garcia at the Incirlik hospital, Incirlik Air Base, December 7, 2001 Andy García (born April 12, 1956) is a Cuban-American actor. ...

Kaufman is based in San Francisco alongside other such luminaries as Francis Ford Coppola, Chris Columbus and nearby neighbor George Lucas, where he runs his production company Walrus and Associates with his family. A local restaurant has a wall devoted to Kaufman of pictures and autographs, called The Steps of Rome.

External link

• Philip Kaufman at the Internet Movie Database