Complex sentence: Kaufman's first hit was the 1978 remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and he later was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1988 for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".
Split into simpler sentences: Kaufman's first hit was the 1978 remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". He later was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1988 for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".