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 (educator) dean of Mannes College until 1996, when he was named a distinguished professor. Kaufman retired in 2002, and died in Hillsdale, New Jersey on March 17, 2016, at the age of 87. Charles Kaufman (educator) Charles Howard Kaufman (November 29, 1928 – March 17, 2016) was an American music educator who taught at the Mannes School of Music from 1975 to 2002. Kaufman was born in Manhattan on November 29, 1928, to Irving and Sophie (née Smith) Kaufman. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and later served in the United States Army. After he married Rhoda Elkind, Kaufman