Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman

  • Born: 1936-10-23
  • Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
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  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer
  • Nationality: America
  • Graduate School: University of Chicago, Harvard Law School
  • Representative Works: "Blood on the North City", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "Quills", "Hemingway & Gellhorn"
    • Philip Kaufman (Philip Kaufman), born on October 23, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.
    In 1965, directed his first film "Gin Wine Cup" and served as the producer of the film. In 1972, he wrote and directed the western film "Blood on the North", which was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Award of the Screenwriters Guild of America. In 1978, with the thriller film " Invasion of the Body Snatchers " won the 6th Saturn Award-Best Director Award. In 1983, directed the comedy and adventure film " The Right Stuff " [1]  , which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 8th Japan Film Academy Awards. In 1988, directed the romantic film " The Unbearable Lightness of Being " [2]  , the film was nominated for the 61st Oscar Awards-Best Adapted Screenplay Award [3]  , and won the 42nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Film Award-Best Screenplay-Adaptation Award [4]  . In 1993, the action suspense film " Rising Sun " directed by him was released. In 2000, he was shortlisted for the Best Director of the Golden Satellite Award for his love biographical film " Quills ". In 2004, the thriller film " Twisted " directed by him was released [5]  . In 2008, he served as the screenwriter of the action-adventure movie " Raiders of the Lost Ark4 ". In 2012, directed the love biographical film " Hemingway & Gellhorn " [6]  . In 2018, he served as the screenwriter of the movie " Raiders of the Lost Ark5 " [7]  .

    Performing Experience

    In 1965, directed his first film "Gin Wine Cup" and served as the producer of the film. In 1972, he wrote and directed the Western film "Blood on the North City" starring Cliff Robertson . The film was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Award of the Screenwriter Guild of America. In 1974, directed the feature film "White Dawn, The". In 1976, he served as the screenwriter for the action movie " Mike Wells the Outlaw ", which was directed by Clint Eastwood .
    In 1978, he directed the thriller film " Invasion of the Body Snatchers " co-starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams . For this film , he won the 6th Saturn Award-Best Director Award. In 1979, directed the action movie " The Wanderers ". In 1981, he served as the screenwriter for the action-adventure movie " Raiders of the Lost Ark ", which was nominated for the Best Comedy Original Screenplay by the Screenwriters Guild of America.
    In 1983, directed the comedy and adventure film " The Right Stuff " co-starring Sam Shepard and Theodore Scott Glenn . The  film was nominated for the 8th Japan Film Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1984, he served as the screenwriter for the movie " Raiders of the Lost Ark2 ".
    In 1988, directed the romantic movie " The Unbearable Lightness of Being ", which was adapted from the novel " The Unbearable Lightness of Life" written by Milan Kundera. The   film was nominated for the 61st Oscar Awards-Best Adapted Screenplay Award   and won The 42nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Film Awards-Best Screenplay-Adaptation Award   . In 1989, he served as the screenwriter for the movie " Raiders of the Lost Ark3 ".
    In 1993, the action suspense film " Rising Sun " directed by him was released. In 2000, he directed the love biographical film " Quills " co-starring Geoffrey Rush , Kate Winslet, etc. , for which he was nominated for the Best Director of the Golden Satellite Award. February 27, 2004, by directed thriller " Twisted " was released, Directed by Ashley Jia, Samuel L. Jackson co-starring . In 2008, he served as the screenwriter for the movie " Raiders of the Lost Ark4 ".  
    In 2012, directed the love biographical film " Hemingway & Gellhorn " co-starring Nicole Mary Kidman and Clive Owen . With this film, he was nominated for the 64th Emmy Awards limited series/TV movie-miniseries/TV movie/drama show Best director award . In 2018, he served as the screenwriter for the movie " Raiders of the Lost Ark5 " directed by Steven Allan Spielberg .   

    Character Evaluation

    Philip Kaufman's films have always wanted to understand the reason why people choose to become themselves through the questioning of the body in history, analyze the society, and look closely at cultural politics, so as to obtain the necessary cognition and perceptual viewing integrity satisfaction. In his films, eroticism is not a simple physical presentation. It is woven into Kaufman’s visual thinking about the social existence of gregariousness. They are not exhibition-style or graphical, but come through the experience of the body. See through the composition and cost of human society, explore and reflect the rationality or weirdness of human existence. His "Erotic Trilogy" implies that perhaps it is not eroticism, politics, or culture that make people truly awe, but it is the body that people do not live in . 
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    The Unbearable Lightness of Being reviews

    • Monica 2022-01-07 15:54:05

      Light and heavy

      The plot of the film revolves around the complex relationship between Thomas, Theresa, and Sabina. The seemingly vulgar love triangle contains Kundera’s philosophical thinking about life attitude, which is the work of the Greek philosopher Parmenides. The light and heavy words. Sabina's strong,...

    • Crystal 2022-04-23 07:03:28

      The same story, another narrative.

      The things conveyed in the novel are not self-evident by describing the plot. But the movie seems to tell the story in a different tone, and they silently conveyed each other's friendship and their own personalities in their eyes and decisions.
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      He said, I don't want to spend the night with a...

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being short comments

    • Theresa 2022-01-07 15:54:05

      The heroine is very charming, the plot is basically restored to the original, it is very good that the literary film can be made like this.

    • Hildegard 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      I was disappointed when I started watching it, and I didn't want to be picky when I finished it. After all, images can never fully reproduce the abstraction and rhythm of text construction. It's just that the movie has been completely separated from the original book, and it only captures the framework of love, not the lightness or weight of life. Although it tries to be close to the original book in terms of dialogue, it is completely different. Too much philosophy means adding confusion to the image.

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    • Sabina: I've met another man. He's the best man I've ever met. He's bright, handsome and he's crazy about me. And, he's married. There's only one thing; he doesn't like my hat.

    • Tereza: I don't understand how someone can MAKE love without BEING in love.

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