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name: "Jacob Brackman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacob-brackman"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 September 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:21:05.825742+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."
---

# Jacob Brackman

Producer. Born 22 September 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 September 1943, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1978–1990
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1990s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/170940

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

Jacob Brackman (born 22 September 1943) is an American writer, journalist and lyricist. He graduated from Harvard University in 1965 and worked as a journalist for Newsweek and The New Yorker before becoming a film critic at Esquire magazine from 1969 to 1972.

Brackman wrote the story and teleplay for the Law & Order episode "Poison Ivy" (1990). His screenwriting credits include The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) and Times Square (1980). He served as executive producer on Days of Heaven (1978) and wrote lyrics for the Broadway musical King of Hearts (1978). He has collaborated on songs with Carly Simon and others.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Days of Heaven* (1978), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-heaven.md)

## Also known for

- *The King of Marvin Gardens* (1972), Writer
- *Times Square* (1980), Screenplay

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