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ⓘ About Charlie Kaufman
He grew up in the city of Massapequa, New York, before he moved to West Hartford, Connecticut, where he graduated from high school. As a young student, he was an avid reader and wrote plays and made some short films. During high school, he was in the drama club, performing in many productions before he landed the lead part in a production of “Play It Again, Sam” in his senior year. He went to Boston University after graduating high school, but he quickly transferred to New York University in order to study film. As he attended NYU, Kaufman Paul Proch, with whom he wrote a lot of unproduced plays and scripts. He and Proch wrote comedic spoofs and articles for National Lampoon from 1983 until 1984. Charlie’s output included parodies of X-Men and Kurt Vonnegut.
All Book Series by Charlie Kaufman
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: Ten Kafkaesque Stories
Single-title series · published 2024
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Charlie Kaufman?
He grew up in the city of Massapequa, New York, before he moved to West Hartford, Connecticut, where he graduated from high school. As a young student, he was an avid reader and wrote plays and made some short films. During high school, he was in the drama club, performing in many productions before he landed the lead part in a production of “Play It Again, Sam” in his senior year.
Which Charlie Kaufman series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Screenplays series, the earliest of Charlie Kaufman's multi-book series: it opens with Being John Malkovich (2000) and runs to 6 books across 2000–2016, ending with Scenes of Anomalisa (2016).
How many books has Charlie Kaufman written?
Charlie Kaufman has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2024. 6 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Screenplays series with 6 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Charlie Kaufman's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Charlie Kaufman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Screenplays (2000–2016, 6 books).
How are Charlie Kaufman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Charlie Kaufman's 8 books into 1 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Screenplays (6 books, 2000–2016).