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Twisted 2004 Paramount Pictures

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Starring Ashley Judd, Samuel l. Jackson, Andy Garcia

 

QUILLS 2000 Fox Searchlight

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Written by Doug Wright, based on his play, Quills

- Starring Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix

- 3 Academy Award Nominations - "Best Actor, Best Costume and Best Production Design".

 

RISING SUN 1993 20th Century Fox

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Screenplay co-written by Philip Kaufman

- Starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa

 

HENRY AND JUNE 1990 Universal

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Screenplay by Philip and Rose Kaufman, based on Anais Nin's journals

- Starring Uma Thurman, Fred Ward, Maria de Medieros

- 1 Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography

 

THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING 1988 Orion

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carriere and Philip Kaufman, based on Milan Kundera novel

- Starring Daniel Day Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin

- Won 2 National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Director and for Best Picture in1988; received International Orson Welles Award for Best Filmmaker in 1988; won British Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1988; Writers Guild of America nomination; 2 Academy Award nominations including Best Screenplay based on material from another medium

 

THE RIGHT STUFF 1983 Ladd Co., Warner Bros.

- Written and directed by Philip Kaufman. Screenplay based on book by Tom Wolfe

- Starring Sam Shepard, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid

- 8 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture; won 4 Academy Awards

- Won British Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1984; won Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay in 1984; Writers Guild of America nomination; Directors Guild of America nomination

 

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981 Paramount

- Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman

 

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1979 United Artists

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy

- Won Best Director Award from the Academy of Science Fiction. Received other science fiction awards Philip Kaufman Page Two

 

THE WANDERERS 1978 Orion

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Screenplay by Philip and Rose Kaufman, based on novel by Richard Price

- Starring Ken Wahl and Karen Allen

 

THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES 1976 Warner Bros.

- Screenplay co-written by Philip Kaufman

 

THE WHITE DAWN 1974 Paramount

- Directed by Philip Kaufman

- Filmed on Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic

- Starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett, and native Eskimos

 

THE GREAT NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA RAID 1972 Universal

- Written and directed by Philip Kaufman

- Starring Cliff Robertson and Robert Duvall

- Writers Guild of America nomination

 

FEARLESS FRANK 1965 Independent

- Written and directed by Philip Kaufman

- Starring Jon Voight in his first film

 

GOLDSTEIN 1963 Independent

- Co-written, co-directed and co-produced by Philip Kaufman

- Cannes Film Festival, 1964, won "Young Critics Prize" with Bertolucci's "Before the Revolution"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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