---
name: "Deric Washburn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deric-washburn"
fi1m_id: "deric-washburn"
imdb_id: "nm0913346"
tmdb_id: 12113
wikidata_id: "Q1103557"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 June 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T07:02:43.084057+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."
---

# Deric Washburn

## Identity

Deric Washburn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/deric-washburn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** deric-washburn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0913346
- **TMDB ID:** 12113
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1103557
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deric_Washburn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1103557, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12113

Writer. Born 2 June 1937 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 June 1937, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1972–1987
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Cimino](https://film.one/person/michael-cimino.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deric_Washburn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1103557, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12113

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Deer Hunter*](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Deric Washburn is an American screenwriter. Born on 2 June 1937 in Buffalo, New York, he graduated from Harvard College in 1959. He began his career as a playwright, writing the off-Broadway plays *Ginger Anne* and *The Love Nest*.

Washburn is best known for co-writing the story and writing the screenplay for *The Deer Hunter* (1978) with Michael Cimino. He had previously collaborated with Cimino on the screenplay for *Silent Running* (1972). His other credits include the screenplays for *The Border* (1982) and *Extreme Prejudice* (1987). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for *The Deer Hunter*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *Silent Running* (1972), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/silent-running.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), Screenplay
- *The Border* (1982), Writer
- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *Silent Running* (1972), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/silent-running.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1979: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Deer Hunter*

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

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