---
name: "Charles Brackett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-brackett"
fi1m_id: "charles-brackett"
imdb_id: "nm0102818"
tmdb_id: 8617
wikidata_id: "Q385055"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "26 November 1892"
died: "9 March 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T04:51:15.265432+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."
---

# Charles Brackett

## Identity

Charles Brackett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-brackett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-brackett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0102818
- **TMDB ID:** 8617
- **Wikidata ID:** Q385055
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brackett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8617

Writer and producer. Born 26 November 1892 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. Died 9 March 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 26 November 1892, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
- **Died:** 9 March 1969
- **Active:** 1939–1956
- **Also known as:** Charles William Brackett
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 writing, 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscars (3 won · 5 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (1), 1940s 78 (3), 1950s 81 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $18m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brackett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8617

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The King and I*](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md) (71)

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## Biography

Charles Brackett was an American screenwriter and film producer. Born Charles William Brackett in Saratoga Springs, New York, on 26 November 1892, he died on 9 March 1969.

He collaborated with Billy Wilder on sixteen films. Their joint screenplays include *The Lost Weekend* (1945) and *Sunset Boulevard* (1950); Brackett also produced the latter. Other credits include screenplays for *Ninotchka* (1939), *Ball of Fire* (1941), *Niagara* (1953) and *Titanic* (1953).

Brackett was president of the Screen Writers Guild (1938–1939) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1949–1955). He received Academy Awards for the screenplays of *The Lost Weekend*, *Sunset Boulevard* and *Titanic*, and an honorary Oscar in 1958.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Fi1m 91, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Fi1m 82, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Ninotchka* (1939), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The King and I* (1956), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Fi1m 74, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *State Fair* (1962), Producer
- *High Time* (1960), Producer
- *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (1959), Screenplay, Producer
- *Blue Denim* (1959), Producer
- *The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker* (1959), Producer
- *Ten North Frederick* (1958), Producer
- *The Gift of Love* (1958), Producer
- *The Wayward Bus* (1957), Producer
- *Teenage Rebel* (1956), Screenplay, Producer
- *The King and I* (1956), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *D-Day the Sixth of June* (1956), Producer
- *The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing* (1955), Producer, Screenplay
- *The Virgin Queen* (1955), Producer
- *Woman's World* (1954), Producer
- *Garden of Evil* (1954), Producer
- *Titanic* (1953), Producer, Screenplay
- *Niagara* (1953), Writer, Producer
- *The Model and the Marriage Broker* (1951), Writer, Producer
- *The Mating Season* (1951), Writer, Producer
- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *Edge of Doom* (1950), Writer
- *Miss Tatlock's Millions* (1948), Screenplay, Producer
- *A Song Is Born* (1948), Original Film Writer
- *A Foreign Affair* (1948), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Emperor Waltz* (1948), Writer, Producer
- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)
- *To Each His Own* (1946), Story, Screenplay, Producer
- *Masquerade in Mexico* (1945), Original Film Writer
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)
- *Skirmish on the Home Front* (1944), Director
- *The Uninvited* (1944), Producer
- *Five Graves to Cairo* (1943), Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *The Major and the Minor* (1942), Writer
- *Ball of Fire* (1941), Screenplay
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Arise, My Love* (1940), Screenplay
- *Ninotchka* (1939), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md)
- *What a Life* (1939), Screenplay
- *Midnight* (1939), Screenplay
- *That Certain Age* (1938), Writer
- *Bluebeard's 8th Wife* (1938), Screenplay
- *Live, Love and Learn* (1937), Screenplay
- *Piccadilly Jim* (1936), Writer
- *Woman Trap* (1936), Story
- *Rose of the Rancho* (1936), Screenplay
- *The Last Outpost* (1935), Adaptation
- *Without Regret* (1935), Writer
- *College Scandal* (1935), Screenplay
- *Enter Madame* (1935), Writer
- *Little Women* (1933), as Additional Writing
- *Secrets of a Secretary* (1931), Story
- *Pointed Heels* (1929), Short Story
- *Risky Business* (1926), Story
- *Tomorrow's Love* (1925), Story
- *Sunset Boulevard*, Original Film Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 3 won, 5 nominated

- 1957: Best Picture (nominated), for *The King and I*
- 1954: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Titanic*
- 1951: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Sunset Boulevard*
- 1949: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *A Foreign Affair*
- 1947: Best Story (nominated), for *To Each His Own*
- 1946: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *The Lost Weekend*
- 1942: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Hold Back the Dawn*
- 1940: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Ninotchka*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Academy Honorary Award 1958: Academy Honorary Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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