Diretores / 49ª mostra

Charlie Kaufman was born in New York City and studied film at New York University. He has written several award-winning screenplays, including "Being John Malkovich" (1999), "Human Nature" (2001), "Adaptation" (2002), "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (2002) and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004), for which he won the Oscars for best original screenplay. He directed the films "Synecdoche, New York" (2008), "Anomalisa” (2015), nominated to the Oscars for best animated film of the year, and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things" (2020). At the 49th Mostra, Kaufman presents the film "How to Shoot a Ghost" and is honored with the Leon Cakoff Prize.