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Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

Writer

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The character "Sheriff Leigh Brackett" in John Carpenter's successful independent horror film Halloween was named after her. See more trivia »

Born:

in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 62) in Lancaster, California, USA
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1996 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Video Game) (story)
 
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (screenplay)
 
1975 The Rockford Files (TV series)
– The Four Pound Brick (1975) (story / teleplay)
 
1975 Archer (TV series)
– The Body Beautiful (1975) (writer)
 
1973 The Long Goodbye (screenplay)
 
1970 Rio Lobo (screenplay)
 
1966 El Dorado (screenplay)
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
– Terror at Northfield (1963) (teleplay)
– Death of a Cop (1963) (teleplay)
 
1962 Hatari! (screenplay)
 
1962 13 West Street (novel "The Tiger Among Us")
 
1961 Gold of the Seven Saints
 
1960 Checkmate (TV series)
– Face in the Window (1960) (story / teleplay)
 
1959 Rio Bravo (screenplay)
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
– Eye for an Eye (1958) (story)
 
1954 The Unholy Four (novel)
 
1946 Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (screenplay)
 
1946 The Big Sleep (screenplay)
 
1945 The Vampire's Ghost (original story / screenplay)
 

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Hatari! -- A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways ? Rio Bravo -- A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
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Personal Details

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(1957) Novel: "The Tiger Among Us" (aka "Fear No Evil"). NOTE: Filmed as 13 West Street. See more »

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1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »
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They were all collaborations. The filmmaking process is a team effort. A screenwriter cannot possibly do exactly what he wants, as if he was writing a novel. When I write a novel I am God at my own typewriter and there is nobody in between. But when I write a screenplay it must be a compromise because there are so many elements which are outside the writer's province. See more »

Trivia:

The character "Sheriff Leigh Brackett" in John Carpenter's successful independent horror film Halloween was named after her. See more »

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