Question: Who directed the film inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, "Quills" re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton, who's costume designers work has been recognized in numerous films such as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"?
Context: The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (German: "Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade" ), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (] ), is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss.  The work was first published in German. Victor J. Zolfo is a set decorator who has worked in the film industry since the late 1980s.  Zolfo won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for the 2008 film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", sharing the awards for the film with art director and production designer Donald Graham Burt.  He was also part of the 20-person team who won the Art Directors Guild's Excellence in Production Design Award for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Marquis de Sade: Justine (Italian: Justine ovvero le disavventure della virtù ) is a 1969 West German-Italian film directed by Jesús Franco.  The film is based on "Justine" by the Marquis de Sade.  The film is set in 1700s France where Justine (Romina Power) and her sister Juliet (Maria Rohm) are orphans in Paris.  Juliet becomes a prostitute and marries a rich noble.  Justine is falsely arrested and sentenced to death.  Justine escapes from prison to become a fugitive. Quills is a 2000 American-British-German period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay.  Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, "Quills" re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton.  It stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé du Coulmier, Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard, and Kate Winslet as laundress Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc. La Société (La Societe) or The Society is a term applied to those who follow the works of the Marquis de Sade or the sadian principles.  Groups are usually highly secretive with small numbers and stringent entry requirements.  It is unsure where the group originated, but it is referred to in several prominent works on de Sade's life, including "Sade Mon Prochain" ("Sade My Neighbor") by Pierre Klossowski written in 1947. Jacqueline West is an American costume designer whose work has been recognized in numerous films such as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Quills", "State of Play", "The Tree of Life", "Seventh Son", and "The Revenant". "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in "Colliers" Magazine on May 27, 1922.  It was subsequently anthologized in his book "Tales of the Jazz Age", which is occasionally published as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories". De Sade ("German title": Das Ausschweifende Leben des Marquis De Sade) is a 1969 American-German drama film starring Keir Dullea and Senta Berger.  It is based on the life of Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, named Louis Alphonse Donatien in the film. Ceán Chaffin is an American film producer who has frequently collaborated with director and husband David Fincher.  She and her fellow producers were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008) and "The Social Network" (2010).  She won American Film Institute's AFI Awards for these films as well as for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011).  Chaffin was nominated for Producers Guild of America's Producers of the Year Awards for the three aforementioned films and was also nominated a British Academy Film Award for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Social Network". The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, usually shortened to Marat/Sade (] ), is a 1967 British film adaptation of Peter Weiss' play "Marat/Sade".  The screen adaptation is directed by Peter Brook, and originated in his theatre production for the Royal Shakespeare Company.  The English version was written by Adrian Mitchell from a translation by Geoffrey Skelton.
Answer: Philip Kaufman