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Philip Kaufman
Director 89 years old

Philip Kaufman

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American filmmaker. Although not noted for directing a large number of films, the films he has worked on have been recognized for their intelligence and independence. He is noted for directing films of eclectic subjects, ranging... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

11 titles
Hemingway & Gellhorn

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Philip Kaufman 2012 2h 35m 6.0

A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.

Twisted

Twisted

Philip Kaufman 2004 1h 37m 4.5

Jessica, whose father was a serial killer, is a female police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start dying around her at a furious pace.

Quills

Quills

Philip Kaufman 2000 2h 4m 7.3

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.

Rising Sun

Rising Sun

Philip Kaufman 1993 2h 9m 5.9

When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up.

Henry & June

Henry & June

Philip Kaufman 1990 2h 16m 6.0

Anaïs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening, which includes Henry and his wife June.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Philip Kaufman 1988 2h 51m 8.2

Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a talented young Czech doctor who likes women. Lots of women. We follow his struggles and those of his fragile wife, Tereza (Juliette Binoche), as they sort out their personal lives during the dramatic Prague Spring of 1968.

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Philip Kaufman 1983 3h 13m 8.0

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.

The Wanderers

The Wanderers

Philip Kaufman 1979 1h 57m 7.7

The streets of the Bronx are owned by 60’s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Philip Kaufman 1978 1h 56m 7.3

Space-originating plants are changing people into something else with their pods.

The White Dawn

The White Dawn

Philip Kaufman 1974 1h 50m 7.0

In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Philip Kaufman 1972 1h 31m 5.7

The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, MN.

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