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Paul Auster

Paul Auster

Directing
1995 — 1998 · 2 films
Lived
3 February 1947 — d. 2024
From
Newark, New Jersey, USA

Paul Benjamin Auster was an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005).

Acting
1993 · 1 film
Lived
3 February 1947 — d. 2024
From
Newark, New Jersey, USA

Paul Benjamin Auster was an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005).

Career Signature

How Paul Auster’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

bohemian scene
ensemble mosaic
slice-of-life
meandering drift
bittersweet

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Tom DiCilloTom DiCillo6 filmsAlbert DupontelAlbert Dupontel7 filmsMichel GondryMichel Gondry10 filmsReema KagtiReema Kagti4 filmsWoody AllenWoody Allen52 filmsMartin PrakkatMartin Prakkat4 filmsJeff GarlinJeff Garlin3 filmsDino RisiDino Risi18 films
Career Signature

How Paul Auster’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

anxious dread
slow unraveling
heavy emotional
rise-and-fall tragedy
emotionally restrained

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Filmography

Lulu on the Bridge

1998

Blue in the Face

1995

Filmography

The Music of Chance

1993