Charles Kaufman


Biography

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Jakarta (1989)
Director
When Nature Calls (1985)
Director
Mother's Day (1980)
Director
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q. (1977)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Stuck on You! (1983)
Dead Body In Coffin
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
Jones
Stanley (1972)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Chalk Marks (1924)
Director of Photography
The Girl on the Stairs (1924)
Director of Photography
The Law Forbids (1924)
Director of Photography
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923)
Director of Photography
Dead Game (1923)
Director of Photography
Trimmed in Scarlet (1923)
Director of Photography
What Wives Want (1923)
Director of Photography
Merry-Go-Round (1923)
Director of Photography
The Bearcat (1922)
Director of Photography
Step On It (1922)
Director of Photography
The Flirt (1922)
Director of Photography
The Girl in the Web (1920)
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Simple Souls (1920)
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The Deadlier Sex (1920)
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Fighting Cressy (1920)
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The Silver Girl (1919)
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Todd of the Times (1919)
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The Joyous Liar (1919)
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Gates of Brass (1919)
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The Midnight Stage (1919)
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The World Aflame (1919)
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The Master Man (1919)
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The False Code (1919)
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A White Man's Chance (1919)
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The Ghost of the Rancho (1918)
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More Trouble (1918)
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The Moral Law (1918)
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To Honor and Obey (1917)
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A Branded Soul (1917)
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The Island of Desire (1917)
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The Bride of Hate (1917)
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High Finance (1917)
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For Liberty (1917)
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Three of Many (1916)
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Civilization's Child (1916)
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The Criminal (1916)
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The Bugle Call (1916)
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The Market of Vain Desire (1916)
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Shell Forty-Three (1916)
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Jim Grimsby's Boy (1916)
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Writer (Feature Film)

Mother's Day (2012)
Source Material
Jakarta (1989)
Screenplay
When Nature Calls (1985)
Screenwriter
Waitress (1981)
Screenplay Collaboration
Mother's Day (1980)
Screenwriter
Freud (1962)
Screenwriter
Freud (1962)
Story
Bridge to the Sun (1961)
Screenwriter
South Seas Adventure (1958)
Writer
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Screenwriter
The Racers (1955)
Screenwriter
Return to Paradise (1953)
Written for Screen by
Cynthia (1947)
Screenwriter
Paris Calling (1942)
Screenwriter
Model Wife (1941)
Screenwriter
Appointment for Love (1941)
Contract Writer
Blond Cheat (1938)
Screenwriter
The Saint in New York (1938)
Screenwriter
Exposed (1938)
Original Screenplay
Maid's Night Out (1938)
Contract Writer
Breakfast for Two (1937)
Screenwriter
Saturday's Heroes (1937)
Screenwriter
Too Many Wives (1937)
Contr to Screenplay const
The Plot Thickens (1936)
Contr to Screenplay const

Producer (Feature Film)

Mother's Day (2012)
Executive Producer
When Nature Calls (1985)
Producer
Mother's Day (1980)
Producer
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q. (1977)
Producer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Zelig (1983)
Production Assistant

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Nuke 'Em High (1986)
Creative Consultant
The Toxic Avenger (1985)
Creative Consultant

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Bridge To The Sun (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Love Is A Luxury First Japanese diplomat “Terry” Terasaki (James Shigeta) then Tenneseean Gwen (Carroll Baker, as the author of the original book) are called before his boss in Washington, D.C., 1935, recommending against his proposal, later consoled by her aunt (Ruth Masters), in Bridge To The Sun, 1961.
Bridge To The Sun (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Even If They Are Japanese Opening from MGM and debutante Belgian director Etienne Perier, introducing Carroll Baker as the author of the underlying memoir, Sean Garrison and Ruth Masters her escorts at a Washington, D.C. reception, and Hawaiian-born James Shigeta as the Japanese-diplomat leading man, in Bridge To The Sun, 1961.
Bridge To The Sun (1961) -- (Movie Clip) His Imperial Majesty Her first day in Tokyo, 1935, American bride Gwen (Carroll Baker), with Japanese diplomat husband “Terry” (James Shigeta), has some trouble with the emperor, does better with his pals (Tetsuro Tamba, Hiroshi Tomono), but less-so with his hostess aunt, in MGM’s Bridge To The Sun, 1961.
Let There Be Light (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Casualties Of The Spirit Opening director John Huston’s last US Army documentary, about veterans suffering from what were then called “psycho-neruotic” conditions, made in 1946 but banned from release until 1980, his father Walter narrating, shot at Mason General Hospital on Long Island, from Let There Be Light.
Let There Be Light (1946) -- (Movie Clip) When I Was In Combat From the intake interviews recorded by director John Huston, American soldiers beginning their treatment for what the US Army called “psycho-neurotic” injuries, neither the subjects or the physicians identified, from the long-censored US Army documentary Let There Be Light, 1946.
Saint In New York, The -- (Movie Clip) Cherish This Moment Simon Templar (Louis Hayward, the title character) enters the gambling den and intimidates Papinoff (Ben Welden) and henchmen (Jack Carson, Paul Guilfoyle) in the first in the series, The Saint In New York, 1938.
Saint In New York, The -- (Movie Clip) We All Die Sometime There's a nun on the scene as a thug (Lester Dorr) gets offed, Inspector Fernack (Jonathan Hale) baffled, then Templar (Louis Hayward) consults with employer Valcross (Frederick Burton), in The Saint In New York, 1938.

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