andrew d. kaufman

for the media

For press inquiries, interviews, media assets, and selected video, please see the resources below.

THE IDIOT(S)

Based on Andrew D. Kaufman's The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky, a finalist for the PEN America Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography, The Idiot(s) stars Aimee Lou Wood as Anna Dostoyevsky and Johnny Flynn as Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert, the film follows the couple through one of the most turbulent periods of their marriage.

Credit: Zuzanna Woińska / Gold Rush Pictures / Hype Studios / Anywhere

Selected video

Four clips that give a sense of Andrew as a speaker, interview guest, educator, and documentary subject.

TEDx Charlottesville

The Inmate, the Student, and Tolstoy

A TEDx talk drawn from the Books Behind Bars classroom.

The Today Show / NBC

Books Behind Bars

A feature and studio interview about Books Behind Bars, including Andrew Kaufman and one of his University of Virginia students.

Seats at the Table

Official Trailer

Trailer for the documentary about Books Behind Bars, the program founded by Andrew Kaufman bringing university students and incarcerated people together through literature.