Jeff Kaufman was born on July 6,1955 and is an American film producer, director, writer, and artist.
14 Facts About Jeff Kaufman
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Jeff Kaufman was born in Minnesota and raised in Bellevue, Washington.
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Jeff Kaufman dropped out of college and moved to New York City where he worked as a messenger for The New Yorker.
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Jeff Kaufman contributed cartoons to The New Yorker, as well as illustrations to The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.
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Jeff Kaufman wrote for magazines and newspapers, and exhibited his paintings at art galleries.
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Jeff Kaufman hosted the radio talk show "The Talk of Vermont" in Vermont for five years before moving to Los Angeles in 2000.
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In 2015, Jeff Kaufman directed, co-produced and wrote the critically acclaimed documentary film The State of Marriage, about the same-sex marriage movement in Vermont.
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Jeff Kaufman credited "countless examples of personal and political courage" that he witnessed during his stint as a radio host in Vermont as his inspiration to make the film.
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In 2018, Kaufman wrote and directed Every Act of Life, a documentary on the playwright and LGBT activist Terrence McNally, featuring F Murray Abraham, Christine Baranski, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Rita Moreno, Billy Porter, Chita Rivera, and Patrick Wilson, with the voices of Bryan Cranston and Meryl Streep.
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In 2020, Jeff Kaufman produced a short documentary focusing on women's rights in Iran called 40 Million: The Struggle for Women's Rights in Iran.
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Jeff Kaufman has the same kind of determination, resilience and vision.
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In 2023, Jeff Kaufman launched a button campaign called "I oppose the mandatory hijab" in solidarity with the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.
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Jeff Kaufman exhibited paintings in Los Angeles before becoming a filmmaker, and has continued to paint and exhibit.
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Jeff Kaufman is married to Marcia Ross, a casting director and documentary producer, with whom he has produced six documentary films.