SIGN IN

register >
remember me
Eli Akira Kaufman
Los Angeles
California
Graduation Date: 2010
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK >
TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT ME >
Welcome to my page!

I was born in San Francisco to a Japanese American mother and Russian Jewish father. Talk about mixed influences!

I graduated from Oberlin College, and completed my MFA in directing at The UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television this past winter. As a Film Independent Project: Involve Honoree, I worked with the Polish brothers on their third film, NORTHFORK in Glasgow, MT. VERY COLD! I've written and directed several award winning short films including BIRTHDAY HAIKU, and WINNING THE PEACE - an anti-war short that screened on Showtime the night before the 2004 election. I've also directed live theater for The Francis Ford Coppola One Act Play Festival and was the recipient of The Jim Morrison Prize for Directing, The Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors Foundation Award, The Alfred P. Sloan Production Grant and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College TV Award for my thesis film, CALIFORNIA KING. Before being named a CBS Diversity Institute Directing Initiative Fellow, I was a semi-finalist for the ABC/DGA Television Directing Fellowship in 2006 and was a director trainee on MAD MEN (AMC) and BONES (Fox). I work as the staff videographer and archivist at www.FilmIndependent.org as I gear up to direct my first feature, RECOGNITION in the not too distant future...I hope!



All the filmmakers listed below...


The Apartment - Billy Wilder
The Godfather I & II - Francis Ford Coppola
The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola
Election - Alexander Payne
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze
Three Kings - David O. Russell
Blade Runner - Ridley Scott
Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott
The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa
Throne of Blood - Akira Kurosawa
The Empire Strikes Back! - George Lucas
Awards
Best Filmmaker on Campus Award 2008 Top 25.
Leave a Comment:
You must be logged in to leave a comment. Need to register?

California King

Your video will begin momentarily.

Flash Player 8 or above is also required. If you need to upgrade, click the link below.

Get Adobe Flash Player

DIGG
Rate This Film
Drama
Shorts
A mattress salesman, who employs faux science to get female customers into bed, falls for a skeptical insomniac who knows her science better than her heart.

Film Collection

UNZIPPED
02:00
Comedy
 

Birthday Haiku
13:00
Experimental
 

California King
21:00
Drama
 

California King (promo)
10:00
Drama