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Philip Kaufman

Highest Rated: 100% Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (1989)

Lowest Rated: 2% Twisted (2004)

Birthday: Oct 23, 1936

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

A Chicago-born maverick director who has tackled a wide range of projects with consistent intelligence and style, Philip Kaufman shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at Cannes for his first feature "Goldstein" (1964). Based on Kaufman's unfinished novel and co-written and co-directed with Benjamin Manaster, "Goldstein" was loosely based on a Hassidic tale about a old man who mysteriously emerges from Lake Michigan and alters the lives of three Chicagoans and introduced the recurrent theme of hero-worship found in many of the director's subsequent efforts. Despite receiving critical acclaim at Cannes, the film was virtually overlooked when it debuted in the USA.

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Highest rated movies

100% 82% Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
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100% Algren
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96% 90% The Right Stuff
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93% 82% Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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91% 91% The Outlaw Josey Wales
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89% 87% The Wanderers
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87% 84% The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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75% 83% Quills
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73% 45% The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
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Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman RISING SUN, director Philip Kaufman, on set, 1993. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. TWISTED, Philip Kaufman, 2004, (c) Paramount RISING SUN, director Philip Kaufman, Sean Connery, on set, 1993. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. TWISTED, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Philip Kaufman, 2004, (c) Paramount THE WANDERERS, director Philip Kaufman, on location, 1979, (c) Warner Brothers TWISTED, Ashley Judd, Philip Kaufman, 2004, (c) Paramount TWISTED, Philip Kaufman, Ashley Judd, 2004, (c) Paramount RISING SUN, Harvey Keitel, director Philip Kaufman, on set, 1993. TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, Cinematographer Sven Nykvist, Director Phillip Kaufman, on set, 1988, (c)Orion Pictures View more photos

Filmography

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100% No Score Yet Algren Self - 2021
49% 40% Hemingway & Gellhorn Director - 2012
2% 31% Twisted Director,
Writer 		$25.2M 2004
75% 83% Quills Director $7.1M 2000
33% 40% Rising Sun Director,
Screenwriter 		$62.5M 1993
60% 68% Henry & June Director,
Screenwriter 		$11.0M 1990
100% 82% Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation Writer - 1989
87% 84% The Unbearable Lightness of Being Director $9.3M 1988
96% 90% The Right Stuff Director,
Writer 		- 1983
93% 96% Raiders of the Lost Ark Writer $248.2M 1981
89% 87% The Wanderers Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1979
93% 82% Invasion of the Body Snatchers Director - 1978
91% 91% The Outlaw Josey Wales Screenwriter - 1976
No Score Yet 83% The White Dawn Director - 1974
73% 45% The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fearless Frank Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Goldstein Director,
Writer,
Producer 		- 1964