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name: "John Brancato"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 November 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 48
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T17:06:48.946108+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."
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# John Brancato

Writer. Born 8 November 1958 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 November 1958, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2009
- **Also known as:** J.D. Brancato,  Henry Dominic , Henry Dominick, John D. Brancato, John Dominic Brancato
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Ferris](https://film.one/person/michael-ferris.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 48, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 48 to 49 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $888m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115521, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104335/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7214

## Biography

John Brancato is an American screenwriter. He frequently collaborated with Michael Ferris; the pair met while editors of *The Harvard Lampoon* at Harvard University and worked together from the early 1990s until their partnership ended in 2015. They have also been credited under the pseudonyms Henry Dominic and Henry Dominick.

Brancato's credits include the story for *Catwoman* (2004) and story and screenplay for *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003). He wrote *Terminator Salvation* (2009) with Ferris. Other notable works with Ferris are *The Net* (1995), *The Game* (1997) and *Surrogates* (2009). Brancato received a solo writing credit on *Trigger Warning* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Terminator Salvation* (2009), Fi1m 49, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-salvation.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Fi1m 34, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Fi1m 61, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Trigger Warning* (2024), Writer
- *The Hunter's Prayer* (2017), Screenplay
- *Surrogates* (2009), Screenplay
- *Terminator Salvation* (2009), Writer — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-salvation.md)
- *Primeval* (2007), Screenplay
- *The Net 2.0* (2006), Writer
- *Catwoman* (2004), Story — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)
- *The Others* (2000), series, Creator
- *The Game* (1997), Writer, Co-Producer
- *The Net* (1995), Writer
- *Interceptor* (1992), Writer
- *Severed Ties* (1992), Writer
- *Mindwarp* (1992), Writer
- *Into the Sun* (1992), Writer
- *The Unborn* (1991), Writer
- *Femme Fatale* (1991), Writer
- *Flight of Black Angel* (1991), as Clerk · Writer, Story, Associate Producer
- *Watchers II* (1990), Writer

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