In 2012 , eight years after his previous film , Kaufman directed an HBO biopic about Ernest Hemingway and his relationship with Martha Gellhorn entitled '' Hemingway & Gellhorn '' . It starred Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman . The film had been planned for many years , but languished as a project so he could care for Rose , who was fighting a cancer which would prove terminal . Kidman read the script and told him , " I want to do it ... no matter how long it takes . I 'm in . " The film was nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards , including one for Kaufman for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries , Movie , or Dramatic Special
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Philip Kaufman