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Director and screenwriter Philip Kaufman was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Chicago and later Harvard Law School. He won the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at Cannes in 1965 for his film Goldstein (1964). He was the screenwriter for The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and was to direct it but was replaced as director by Clint ... See full bio »
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 2019 Indiana Jones 5 (characters) (announced)
 2014 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (Short) (characters)
 2009 Lawrence Jones and the King Salomon's Table (Short) (characters: Jones' family)
 2009 Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Video Game) (characters)
 2008 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Video Game) (characters)
 1993 Rising Sun (screenplay)
 1992 Indiana Jed (Video) (stories)
 1990 Henry & June (screenplay)
 1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (screenplay)
 1983 The Right Stuff (screenplay)
 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark (story by)
 1979 The Wanderers (screenplay)
 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales (screenplay - as Phil Kaufman)
 1964 Goldstein
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It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time. Now that the film is coming out, it looks like we're back in another time where repression of expression is all the rage. See more »

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Met Anaïs Nin in 1962. Later, in 1990, he made a movie called Henry & June (1990) about her, her affairs with Henry Miller, and his wife June. See more »

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Constantly adapts best-seller novels such as The Right Stuff (1983), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and Rising Sun (1993). See more »

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