Millard Kaufman Mr. Magoo. He followed this up in 1950 with another UPA film, "Punchy de Leon", featuring The Fox and The Crow. In 1950, Kaufman lent his name to screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who had been blacklisted after investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee, for the screenplay for "Gun Crazy". In 1953, he received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for "Take the High Ground!". In 1955, he received another nomination for his screenplay for "Bad Day at Black Rock". Although he usually worked as a writer, he also directed "Convicts 4" (1962) and served as associate producer for "Raintree
Charles Kaufman (screenwriter) being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Kaufman died of pneumonia in Los Angeles. Charles Kaufman (screenwriter) Charles Kaufman (October 20, 1904 – May 2, 1991) was an American novelist, writer and screenwriter. Kaufman was a short story writer for "The New Yorker". His screenplay for the 1958 film "The Story of Esther Costello" was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. Along with Wolfgang Reinhart he was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Screenplay in 1962 for the film "Freud". In 2010, "Let There Be Light", whose screenplay Kaufman wrote with John Huston, was selected for preservation