Philip Kaufman
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Philip Kaufman (October 23, 1936-) is a film director and screenwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Chicago and later Harvard Law School.
His directorial debut was in 1965 for the film Goldstein for which he was awarded the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1976 he wrote The Outlaw Josey Wales, and was at one point signed on to direct it, but was later replaced by Clint Eastwood.
In 1978 Kaufman directed the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which would become his first hit. Soon after, in 1981, Kaufman became involved with the first Indiana Jones film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, for which he receives story credit. While the character of Indiana Jones was created by George Lucas, it was Kaufman who came up with the story and the pursuit of the Ark of the Covenant.
In 1983 Kaufman directed the critically acclaimed film, The Right Stuff, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. In 1988 Kaufman was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
In 1990 he wrote and directed Henry and June, which is said to be a major factor in the development of a new MPAA rating, NC-17.Template:US-bio-stub