---
name: "Brian Wankum"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-wankum"
fi1m_id: "brian-wankum"
imdb_id: "nm0911174"
tmdb_id: 1699138
wikidata_id: "Q18492398"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:10:49.236998+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Wankum

## Identity

Brian Wankum

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-wankum
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-wankum
- **IMDb ID:** nm0911174
- **TMDB ID:** 1699138
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18492398
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18492398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911174/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1699138

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18492398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911174/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1699138

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)

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## Biography

Brian Wankum is an American television producer. He began his career in post-production, serving as post-production coordinator and later supervisor on *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997–2001). He advanced to associate producer roles on series including *Firefly* (2002) and *Tru Calling* (2003).

Wankum has worked as producer or co-producer on *Once Upon a Time* (2011–2018), *Dead of Summer* (2016), *Amazing Stories* (2020), *Them* (2021–2024) and *The Santa Clauses* (2022). His credits also include *V* (2009) and *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland* (2013–2014). He maintains a professional focus on post-production processes, visual effects and virtual production techniques.

*Sources: imdb.com, brianwankum.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, Co-Producer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Santa Clauses* (2022), series, Co-Producer
- *Them* (2021), series, Co-Producer
- *Dead of Summer* (2016), series, Producer
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Co-Producer, Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Aquaman* (2006), series, Associate Producer
- *Tru Calling* (2003), series, Associate Producer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Associate Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *True Crime* (1995), as Roger

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/brian-wankum