# List of awards and nominations received by Charlie Kaufman

Charles Stuart Kaufman (/ˈkɔːfmən/; born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and novelist. He wrote the films Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York (2008), which film critic Roger Ebert called "the best movie of the decade" in 2009. Further directorial work include the stop motion animated film Anomalisa (2015) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020).
One of the most celebrated screenwriters of his era, Kaufman has been nominated for four Academy Awards: twice for Best Original Screenplay for Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (winning for the latter), Best Adapted Screenplay (with his fictional brother) for Adaptation, and Best Animated Feature for Anomalisa. He also won two BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplays and one BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Three of Kaufman's scripts appear in the Writers Guild of America's list of the 101 greatest movie screenplays ever written.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Original Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Adaptation | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Original Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |
| 2015 | Best Animated Feature | Anomalisa | Nominated |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Original Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2004 | Best Original Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Adaptation | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best First Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2008 | Best First Feature | Synecdoche, New York | Won |
| 2008 | Best Screenplay | Synecdoche, New York | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Film | Anomalisa | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Director | Anomalisa | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay | Anomalisa | Nominated |

### Writers Guild of America

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Original Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Adaptation | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Original Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |

## Festival awards
### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Palme d'Or | Synecdoche, New York | Nominated |
| 2008 | Caméra d'Or | Synecdoche, New York | Nominated |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Grand Jury Prize | Anomalisa | Won |
| 2015 | Golden Lion | Anomalisa | Nominated |

## Critics awards
### Boston Society of Film Critics

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Screenplay | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Won |

### Chicago Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Original Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2008 | Best Original Screenplay | Synecdoche, New York | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Anomalisa | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Adapted Screenplay | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Nominated |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Won |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Animated Feature | Anomalisa | Nominated |

### Florida Film Critics Circle Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2020 | Best Adapted Screenplay | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Won |

### London Film Critics' Circle Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2004 | Screenwriter of the Year | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |

### Los Angeles Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Screenplay | Synecdoche, New York | Nominated |

### National Board of Review

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Screenplay | Human Nature | Won |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Won |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |

### National Society of Film Critics

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Screenplay | Synecdoche, New York | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay | Anomalisa | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Screenplay | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Nominated |

### New York Film Critics Circle Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |

### Online Film Critics Society

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2004 | Best Original Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |
| 2008 | Best Original Screenplay | Synecdoche, New York | Nominated |

### San Diego Film Critics Society

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Original Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Adaptation | Won |
| 2020 | Best Adapted Screenplay | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Nominated |

### Toronto Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Best Screenplay | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2004 | Best Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |

### Vancouver Film Critics Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay | Anomalisa | Won |

### Washington D.C. Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2004 | Best Original Screenplay | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Saturn Awards | Best Writing | Being John Malkovich | Won |
| 2004 | Saturn Awards | Best Writing | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| 2015 | Saturn Awards | Best Animated Film | Anomalisa | Nominated |
| 2015 | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Animated Motion Picture | Anomalisa | Nominated |
| 2015 | Annie Award | Directing in a Feature Production | Anomalisa | Nominated |
| 2024 | Annie Award | Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Orion and the Dark | Won |
| 2024 | Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Special | Orion and the Dark | Orion and the Dark | Won |