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name: "Emily Halpern"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-halpern"
fi1m_id: "emily-halpern"
imdb_id: "nm1054604"
tmdb_id: 1181319
wikidata_id: "Q113800099"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T00:05:11.125630+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."
---

# Emily Halpern

## Identity

Emily Halpern

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emily-halpern
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emily-halpern
- **IMDb ID:** nm1054604
- **TMDB ID:** 1181319
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113800099
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Halpern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113800099, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1054604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1181319

Writer. Born in Massachusetts.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Halpern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113800099, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1054604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1181319

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Booksmart*](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Emily Halpern is an American screenwriter. She was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College. She began her career as a writer on the CBS series *The Unit* and the ABC series *Private Practice*.

Halpern has frequently collaborated with Sarah Haskins. Together they created the ABC sitcom *Trophy Wife* (2013–2014) and the CBS series *Carol's Second Act* (2019–2020). Their feature screenplays include *Booksmart* (2019), directed by Olivia Wilde, and *80 for Brady* (2023). Halpern was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for *Booksmart*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Booksmart* (2019), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *80 for Brady* (2023), Screenplay
- *Carol's Second Act* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Creator
- *Booksmart* (2019), Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)
- *Good Girls* (2018), series, Writer
- *The Mayor* (2017), series, Writer
- *Imaginary Mary* (2017), series, Writer
- *black-ish* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Trophy Wife* (2013), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Rich Girl Problems* (2013), Director
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, Writer
- *The Unit* (2006), series, Staff Writer
- *State and Main* (2000), Set Production Assistant

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