Jimmy Kaufman

• Name — Jimmy Kaufman • Birth Name — James Kaufman • Born — 1 April 1949 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — Film director, producer, actor, photographer, artist • Years Active — 1974–present

From 1971 to 1988, Kaufman was a line producer and an assistant director for movies like The Surrogate in 1984, Children of a lesser God in 1986, and Gothika starring Halle Berry, later in 2003. His first big success was in 1990, when he had the idea for A Star for Two, a romance movie. He was still the assistant of Elliott Gould, and on his way from New Hampshire to Boston, repatriating a Porsche for the shooting of a movie, he halted in front of a nursing home in order to help an old woman cross the street. As he tried to know more about this woman, the concept of A Star for Two started to sprout in his mind. On the other side of the Manche, Christian Bel, an ex-stuntman converted to screen writing was taking a particular interest to the movies accorded to the golden age. When he decided to answer to the tender made from Kaufman, the movie finally took off. The concept for A Star For Two was simple: a couple meets again after a forty-year separation. She (Lauren Bacall) manages a nursing home in France, and he (Anthony Quinn) is a gerontologist in the United States. The movie was shot in France, in Montreal and in New-York, and was a success before it was even shot.

During his career, Kaufman worked with several renowned movie producers, directors, actors and writers. In the 1990s, for instance, he collaborated with award-winning writer Duff Brenna to adapt his novel The Book of Mamie into a movie. The Book of Mamie won the AWP Best Novel award in 1988 (judged by Toby Olson). Kaufman called Brenna's screenplay one of the finest he had ever read.

• Film — Year — Starring — Genre — Position — Awards • Dracula 2000 — 2000 — Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller — Thriller, Adventure — Second Unit Director • Gothika — 2003 — Halle Berry — Thriller — First Assistant Director — Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure - Halle Berry

• Film — Year — Starring — Genre — Position — Awards • Nightwaves — 2003 — Sherilyn Fenn, David Nermann — Romance — Director • Nightmare Man — 1999 — Lee Horsley, Charles Edwin Powell — Thriller — Director • Time at the Top — 1999 — Timothy Busfield, Elisha Cuthbert — Comedy — Director — Certificate of Merit–Finalist–Houston World Film Festival; In Competition–Cairo / St. Petersburg / Falstaff; The Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence • A Star for Two — 1991 — Lauren Bacall, Anthony Quinn — Romance — Director • The Thriller — 1990 — Yves Beneyton, Wayne Best, Peter Dvorsky — Thriller — Director • Moonlight Flight — 1988 — Thriller — Director • Shades of Love — 1987 — Catherine Colvey, Joseph Bottoms, Russell T. Gordon — Romance — Director

• TV Series — Episodes — Year — Starring — Genre — Position — Awards • Charlie Jade — The Power of Suggestion — 2005 — Jeffrey Pierce, Michael Filipowich — Mystery — Director • You Are Here — 2005 — Jeffrey Pierce, Michael Filipowich • Air Emergency — Helicopter Down — 2003 — Stephen Bogaert, Rene Anobis — Documentary — Director • Vampire High — Lost Weekend — 2002 — Jeff Roop, Meghan Ory — Fantasy — Director • The Huntress — 2002 — Jeff Roop, Meghan Ory • The Test — 2002 — Jeff Roop, Meghan Ory • Odd Man Out — 2002 — Jeff Roop, Meghan Ory • The Summoning — 2001 — Jeff Roop, Meghan Ory • What's Up Doc? — 2001 — Jeff Roop, Meghan Ory • The Outer Limits — Mindreacher — 2001 — Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider — Thriller — Director • The Vessel — 2001 — Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider • Final Appeal — 2000 — Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider • The Haven — 1999 — Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider • Donor — 1999 — Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider • Rite of Passage — 1998 — Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider • Caitlin's Way — Icicle — 2001 — Lindsay Felton, Cynthia Belliveau — Drama — Director • Truth or Dare — 2000 — Lindsay Felton, Cynthia Belliveau — Drama • Big Wolf on Campus — Faltered States — 2000 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn — Comedy, Horror — Director • Fear and Loathing in Pleasantville — 2000 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn • Mind Over Merton — 2000 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn • 101 Damnations — 2000 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn • Commie Dawkins — 2000 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn • Hello Nasty — 2000 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn • Time and Again — 1999 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn • Invisible Merton — 1999 — Danny Smith, Brandon Quinn • Emily of New Moon — A Bill of Divorcement — 2000 — Martha MacIsaac, Sheila McCarthy — Drama — Director • Bred in the Bone — 1999 — Martha MacIsaac, Sheila McCarthy • The Return of Maida Flynn — 1999 — Martha MacIsaac, Sheila McCarthy • When the Bough Breaks — 1998 — Martha MacIsaac, Sheila McCarthy • A Child Shall Lead Them — 1998 — Martha MacIsaac, Sheila McCarthy • The New Addams Family — Lights, Camera, Addams!! — 1999 — Glenn Taranto, Ellie Harvie — Comedy, Horror — Director • Earth: Final Conflict — Heroes & Heartbreak — 1999 — Von Flores, Leni Parker — Mystery — Director • Poltergeist: The Legacy — Vendetta — 1999 — Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins — Horror, Sci-Fi — Director • Dream Lover — 1998 — Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins — Horror, Sci-Fi • The Hunger — Footsteps — 1998 — Terence Stamp, David Bowie — Horror — Director • Stargate SG-1 — Tin Man — 1998 — Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks — Sci-Fi — Director — Gemini Nomination • The Adventures of Sinbad — - — 1996 — Zen Gesner, George Buza — Adventure — Director • Due South — I Coulda Been a Defendant — 1997 — Paul Gross, Callum Keith Rennie — Drama, Comedy — Director • Sirens — Color Blind — 1995 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder — Drama — Director • The Passenger — 1995 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder • Aftermath — 1995 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder • Gambling on Love — 1995 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder • Victims — 1994 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder • The First Time — 1994 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder • A Cop First — 1994 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder • Chasing a Ghost — 1994 — A.J. Johnson, Liza Snyder • Urban Angel — Family Business — 1992 — Louis Ferreira, Vittorio Rossi — Crime — Director • Phoenix Rising: Part 1 — 1992 — Louis Ferreira, Vittorio Rossi • Deadly Force — 1992 — Louis Ferreira, Vittorio Rossi • Phoenix Rising: Part 2 — 1992 — Louis Ferreira, Vittorio Rossi • Haute tension — La mort en dédicace — 1989 — Alexandra Stewart, Yves Beneyton — Thriller — Director • Danger Bay — Chanda — 1989 — Donnelly Rhodes, Susan Walden — Adventure, Family — Director • My Secret Identity — - — 1988 — Jerry O'Connell, Marsha Moreau — Sci-Fi — Director

• Video — Starring — Year — Genre — Position — Awards • Night of the Demons III — Larry Day, Amelia Kinkade — 1997 — Thriller — Director • Red Rain — 1993 — Thriller — Director • Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet — Simon MacCorkindale, Patricia Phillips — 1987 — Romance — Director • Shades of Love: Lilac Dream — Dack Rambo, Susan Almgren — 1987 — Romance — Director

• Film — Year — Genre — Position — Award • Race for the Bomb — 1987 — War — Associate producer • The Peanut Butter Solution — 1985 — Comedy — Line producer • Night Magic — 1985 — Fantasy — Producer • Tell Me That You Love Me — 1983 — Comedy — Producer

Currently, Jimmy Kaufman is working on a movie called Gallows Humor, a horror trilogy written by Brendan King and meant to be produced as a franchise. The idea of Gallows Humor was born after the development deal Brendan King forged with veteran producer Paul Kurta.