Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), to have Clementine removed from his own memory. But as Joel's memories progressively disappear, he begins to rediscover his love for Clementine. From deep within the recesses of his brain, Joel attempts to escape the procedure. As Dr. Mierzwiak and his crew (Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood) chase him through the maze of his memories, it's clear that Joel just can't get Clementine out of his head.
JIM CARREY (Joel Barish)
Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Jim Carrey knew by age 3 that show business was in his blood. At age 15, he took off for Toronto to perform at Yuk Yuks, the famous comedy club. Following that performance, his career took off. For the next few years, he worked in comedy clubs all over Canada. At age 19, he packed his belongings and moved to Los Angeles.
There, he immediately became a regular at Mitzi Shore's Comedy Store, attracting the attention of top comic Rodney Dangerfield, who was so impressed with the young man that he invited him on tour. Mr. Carrey was subsequently cast in the lead role of the NBC series The Duck Factory. The series lasted only 13 weeks, but film work soon followed, beginning with a starring role in Howard Storm's Once Bitten (opposite Lauren Hutton).
His early film roles also included Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (with Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage), Julien Temple's Earth Girls Are Easy (with Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Damon Wayans), and Buddy Van Horn's The Dead Pool (with Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry).
In early 1990, Mr. Carrey joined the ensemble cast of the groundbreaking Fox Network comedy hit show In Living Color. In November 1991, his first Showtime special (Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act, directed by Michael French) premiered to rave reviews. He followed the special's success with an acclaimed performance as an alcoholic in Fox's Emmy Award-nominated Doing Time on Maple Drive (directed by Ken Olin).
After several successful seasons on In Living Color, he once again branched out into feature films with the starring role in Tom Shadyac's 1994 hit Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. His performance made him an instant screen sensation, and he starred in two more smash hits that same year: Charles Russell's The Mask (opposite Cameron Diaz, and for which he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination) and Peter and Bobby Farrelly's Dumb and Dumber (opposite Jeff Daniels).
Mr. Carrey next starred as The Riddler in Joel Schumacher's 1995 blockbuster Batman Forever before reprising his lead role in Steve Oedekerk's Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. The following year he starred in Ben Stiller's comedy The Cable Guy. His subsequent reteaming with Tom Shadyac on the 1997 comedy Liar Liar (for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination) was the first of several blockbuster hits for Universal Pictures. He was honored with the NATO/ShoWest Comedy Star of the Year Award that same year.
Subsequently, Peter Weir's 1998 film The Truman Show earned Mr. Carrey a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Drama). He won a second Golden Globe Award, for Best Actor (Musical/Comedy), the following year for his portrayal of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman in Milos Forman's Man on the Moon, for Universal Pictures.
Mr. Carrey next reunited with Peter and Bobby Farrelly in the summer of 2000 for Me, Myself & Irene, which earned him an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Comedic Performance. That same year he was named Male Star of the Year by NATO/ShoWest, and starred in the year's top-grossing film, Ron Howard's Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. The Universal Pictures release also brought him a People's Choice Award and a fifth Golden Globe Award nomination.
In 2001, he starred in Frank Darabont's The Majestic and, in the summer of 2003, he reteamed with director Tom Shadyac, screenwriter Steve Oedekerk, and Universal Pictures, for the blockbuster hit comedy Bruce Almighty, which is his highest-grossing film (worldwide) to date.
Mr. Carrey is currently filming the role of the dastardly Count Olaf in the highly anticipated film version of Daniel Handler's Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events,' directed by Brad Silberling. He is also currently recording the voice of one of the lead characters in Tim Johnson's animated feature Over the Hedge.
His next film project is a reteaming with Cameron Diaz on Dean Parisot's Fun with Dick and Jane. Following that, Mr. Carrey begins work on Todd Phillips' The Six Million Dollar Man, based on the popular 1970s TV show.
CHARLIE KAUFMAN (Screenplay; Story; Executive Producer)
Charlie Kaufman wrote the screenplay for Michel Gondry's previous feature as director, Human Nature.
He has twice been nominated for Academy Awards, for Being John Malkovich (in the Original Screenplay category); and, with his twin brother Donald Kaufman, for Adaptation (in the Adapted Screenplay category). He collaborated with director Spike Jonze on both features, and the two are reteaming on a new film project.
Mr. Kaufman also wrote the screenplay for George Clooney's feature directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which he adapted from Chuck Barris' book of the same name.
STEVE GOLIN (Producer)
Steve Golin has helped nurture the careers of some of Hollywood's best new directors. He is the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, a multimedia production, content development, and talent management company.
Anonymous represents, among other directors, David Fincher, David Kellogg, Gore Verbinski, Jeffrey Plansker, Mark Romanek, Andrew Douglas, Martin Weitz, Malcolm Venville, and Hammer & Tongs, for commercials, music videos, and new media. Anonymous' talent management division includes such clients as Aaron Eckhart, Antoine Fuqua, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Everett Scott, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Maura Tierney, Kristen Johnston, Heather Thomas, Ron Rifkin, Ron Underwood, Omar Epps, Academy Award-winning writer/director Stephen Gaghan, and Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies.
Mr. Golin is the producer of several notable feature films. These include Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, written by Charlie Kaufman, which was nominated for 3
Academy Awards and 4 Golden Globe Awards; Neil LaBute's Nurse Betty, for which Renée Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical/Comedy); Don Roos' Bounce, starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow; David Fincher's The Game, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn; Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady, starring Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, and Barbara Hershey, which was nominated for 2 Academy Awards; Barry Levinson's Sleepers, starring Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman; John Dahl's Red Rock West, starring Nicolas Cage, which was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards; Dominic Sena's Kalifornia, starring Brad Pitt and David Duchovny; and Alek Keshishian's Truth or Dare, starring Madonna.
In addition, he has been producer on a number of television projects, including the current Showtime original series The L Word. He also produced the breakthrough series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Twin Peaks; Kevin Hooks' telefilm Heat Wave, which won 4 CableAce Awards, including Best Movie, as well as an Emmy Award for costar James Earl Jones; the Peabody-Award-winning miniseries Tales of the City; and the Showtime anthology series Fallen Angels, episodes of which were directed by Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Steven Soderbergh, and Phil Joanou, among others.
Prior to Anonymous, Mr. Golin founded Propaganda Films in 1986. The company set a new creative standard for music videos and commercial production, becoming the largest such production company in the world. Propaganda won more MTV Video Music Awards and Cannes honors (for commercial excellence) than any other company. Under Mr. Golin's guidance, the music video division worked with the world's top artists, such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, George Michael, The Beastie Boys, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The commercial division produced award-winning spots for such leading advertisers as AT&T, IBM, Nike, Apple, McDonald's, and Budweiser.
