…shared a writing Oscar for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), his best-known movie, and also directed the comedies Be Kind Rewind (2008) and The Green Hornet (2011). Even as many countries produced substantial numbers of films, the idea of nationality was exemplified more by singular individuals than by…

Kaufman’s screenplay for the genre-bending Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) employs a disjointed timeline to tell the story of onetime lovers (played by Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) who undergo a scientific process that erases their memories of the relationship. It earned Kaufman his first Academy Award for…

…a former girlfriend erased in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). He subsequently starred in such films as Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), the mystery-thriller The Number 23 (2007), and Yes Man (2008).

…scientist in the hit movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). Also in 2004 he was a police detective in another thriller, Collateral.

…a new medical procedure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), earning her yet another Academy Award nomination. In Little Children (2006) she appeared as a housewife whose frustration with the tedium of her suburban existence results in an adulterous affair. Winslet earned her fifth Academy Award nomination for…