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Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
Leigh Douglass Brackett was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. She was the author of numerous short stories and books regarding science fiction and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by one of her novels that he had his secretary call in "this guy Brackett" to help William Faulkner write ...
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Born:in Los Angeles, California, USADied:(age 62) in Lancaster, California, USA |
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Writer (21 credits)
Writer (21 credits)
2018
Christian Frates' Voice Swaps
(TV Series short) (orginal script by - 1 episode)
- Whitey Duvall is Yogi Bear's Dad
(2018)
... (orginal script by)
The Rockford Files
(TV Series) (story by - 1 episode, 1975) (teleplay by - 1 episode, 1975)
- The Four Pound Brick
(1975)
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1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(TV Series) (teleplay - 2 episodes)
- Terror at Northfield
(1963)
... (teleplay)
- Death of a Cop
(1963)
... (teleplay)
Checkmate
(TV Series) (story - 1 episode, 1960) (teleplay - 1 episode, 1960)
- Face in the Window
(1960)
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Writing a film is like building a brick wall. You have a plan and you have the blocks. Then, somebody says, 'I think we'll take this stone out of here and put it over there. And while we're at it, let's make this stone red and that stone green.' You still have to keep the story's general shape, but you change the details. It took me a long time, but I finally learned how to do that. It was ... See more »Trivia:
A noted science-fiction/fantasy author who was prolific in SF and other pulps in the 1940s; a mentor and sometime collaborator of Ray Bradbury. See more »Nickname:
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