Charles Brackett

Won 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Sunset Blvd. Writer

(1950)

The Lost Weekend Writer

(1945)

Titanic Writer

(1953)

The Emperor Waltz Writer

(1948)

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Filmography

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Writer (48 credits)

1960 Ninotchka (TV Movie) (1939 screenplay)

1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth (screenplay)

1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) (screenplay - 1 episode)

- The Marriage Broker (1957) ... (screenplay)

1956 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) (film story - 1 episode)

- Sunset Boulevard (1956) ... (film story)

1956 Teenage Rebel

1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (written by)

Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) (previous screenplay - 3 episodes, 1954 - 1955) (film story - 1 episode, 1955) (original story - 1 episode, 1954)

- Sunset Boulevard (1955) ... (film story) / (previous screenplay)

- Hold Back the Dawn (1954) ... (previous screenplay)

- To Each His Own (1954) ... (original story) / (previous screenplay)

1953 Titanic (written by)

1953 Niagara (written by)

1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker (written by)

1951 The Mating Season (written for the screen by)

1950 Sunset Blvd. (written by)

1950 Edge of Doom (uncredited)

1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions (writer)

1948 A Foreign Affair (screenplay)

1948 The Emperor Waltz (written by)

1947 The Bishop's Wife (uncredited)

1946 To Each His Own (screenplay) / (story)

1945 The Lost Weekend (screen play)

1944 The Great Moment (1939 version, uncredited)

1944 Skirmish on the Home Front (Short)

1943 Mr. Lucky (contributing writer - uncredited)

1943 Five Graves to Cairo (screenplay)

1942 The Major and the Minor (written by)

1941 Ball of Fire (screen play)

1941 Hold Back the Dawn (written by)

1940 Arise, My Love (screen play)

1940 French Without Tears (treatment - uncredited)

1939 Ninotchka (screen play)

1939 What a Life (screenplay)

1939 Midnight (screenplay)

1938 That Certain Age (uncredited)

1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (screenplay)

1937 Live, Love and Learn (screenplay)

1936 The Jungle Princess (uncredited)

1936 Piccadilly Jim

1936 Woman Trap (story)

1936 Rose of the Rancho (screenplay)

1935 The Last Outpost (adaptation)

1935 Without Regret

1935 The Crusades (contributor to treatment - uncredited)

1935 College Scandal (screenplay)

1935 Enter Madame!

1933 Little Women (contributing writer - uncredited)

1931 Secrets of a Secretary (story)

1929 Pointed Heels (short story)

1926 Risky Business (story "Pearls Before Cecily")

1925 Tomorrow's Love (story "Interlocutory")

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Producer (27 credits)

1962 State Fair (producer)

1960 High Time (producer)

1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth (producer)

1959 Blue Denim (producer)

1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (producer)

1958 Ten North Frederick (producer)

1958 The Gift of Love (producer)

1957 The Wayward Bus (producer)

1956 Teenage Rebel (producer)

1956 The King and I (producer)

1956 D-Day the Sixth of June (producer)

1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (producer)

1955 The Virgin Queen (producer)

1954 Woman's World (producer)

1954 Garden of Evil (producer)

1953 Titanic (producer)

1953 Niagara (producer - produced by)

1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker (producer)

1951 The Mating Season (producer)

1950 Sunset Blvd. (producer)

1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions (producer)

1948 A Foreign Affair (producer)

1948 The Emperor Waltz (producer)

1946 To Each His Own (producer)

1945 The Lost Weekend (producer)

1944 The Uninvited (associate producer)

1943 Five Graves to Cairo (associate producer)

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Thanks (1 credit)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by)

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Self (6 credits)

1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter

1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter

1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter

1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter

1952 24th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award

1950 The Screen Writer (Short documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

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Archive footage (1 credit)

2014 And the Oscar Goes To... (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

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Personal Details

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Height:

5' 11" (1.8 m)

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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Replaced Herman J. Mankiewicz as the theater critic at "The New Yorker" in 1925, only to leave for Hollywood, as his predecessor had done, in 1929. Worked with director/writer Billy Wilder as his collaborator on 13 movies, including Sunset Boulevard (1950). See more »