---
name: "Julius J. Epstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julius-j-epstein"
fi1m_id: "julius-j-epstein"
imdb_id: "nm0258493"
tmdb_id: 2665
wikidata_id: "Q795022"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 August 1909"
died: "30 December 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T09:52:56.928055+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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# Julius J. Epstein

## Identity

Julius J. Epstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julius-j-epstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julius-j-epstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0258493
- **TMDB ID:** 2665
- **Wikidata ID:** Q795022
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2665

Writer. Born 22 August 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 30 December 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 August 1909, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 30 December 2000
- **Active:** 1938–1961
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Curtiz](https://film.one/person/michael-curtiz.md), [Claude Rains](https://film.one/person/claude-rains.md), [Hal B. Wallis](https://film.one/person/hal-b-wallis.md), [Philip G. Epstein](https://film.one/person/philip-g-epstein.md), [Priscilla Lane](https://film.one/person/priscilla-lane.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 75 (1), 1940s 84 (3), 1960s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 3, Music 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $15m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2665

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Casablanca*](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md) (93)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fanny*](https://film.one/film/fanny.md) (70)

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## Biography

Julius J. Epstein (1909–2000) was an American screenwriter. With his identical twin brother Philip G. Epstein he formed a writing partnership that began in the late 1930s and produced numerous screenplays for Warner Bros. Their most celebrated work was the screenplay for *Casablanca* (1942), written with Howard Koch and based on an unproduced play; the trio received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Epstein graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1931. Early credits included *Four Daughters* (1938), for which he received an Oscar nomination, and collaborations such as *The Strawberry Blonde* (1941), *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941) and *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942). After Philip’s death in 1952, Julius continued writing alone, with later credits including *Send Me No Flowers* (1964), *Cross of Iron* (1977) and *Reuben, Reuben* (1983), the last of which earned him another Oscar nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Fanny* (1961), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md)
- *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/arsenic-and-old-lace.md)
- *Casablanca* (1943), Fi1m 93, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)
- *Four Daughters* (1938), Fi1m 75, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/four-daughters-1938.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Scenes from Casablanca* (2025), Writer
- *Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America* (2000), Writer
- *Reuben, Reuben* (1983), Co-Producer, Screenplay
- *House Calls* (1979), series, Creator
- *House Calls* (1978), Story, Screenplay
- *The Pirate* (1977), series, Writer
- *Cross of Iron* (1977), Screenplay
- *Once Is Not Enough* (1975), Writer
- *Pete 'n' Tillie* (1972), Writer, Producer
- *Any Wednesday* (1966), Screenplay, Producer
- *Return from the Ashes* (1965), Screenplay
- *Send Me No Flowers* (1964), Screenplay
- *Light in the Piazza* (1962), Screenplay
- *Fanny* (1961), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md)
- *Tall Story* (1960), Screenplay
- *Take a Giant Step* (1959), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Reluctant Debutante* (1958), Screenplay
- *The Brothers Karamazov* (1958), Screenplay
- *Kiss Them for Me* (1957), Screenplay
- *The Tender Trap* (1955), Screenplay
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, Idea
- *Young at Heart* (1954), Screenplay
- *The Last Time I Saw Paris* (1954), Screenplay
- *Forever Female* (1953), Screenplay
- *Take Care of My Little Girl* (1951), Screenplay
- *My Foolish Heart* (1950), Writer
- *Chicken Every Sunday* (1949), Theatre Play
- *Romance on the High Seas* (1948), Screenplay
- *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/arsenic-and-old-lace.md)
- *Mr. Skeffington* (1944), Screenplay, Producer
- *Casablanca* (1943), Screenplay — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer* (1943), Writer
- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)
- *The Male Animal* (1942), Screenplay
- *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), Screenplay
- *The Bride Came C.O.D.* (1941), Screenplay
- *The Strawberry Blonde* (1941), Screenplay
- *Honeymoon for Three* (1941), Additional Dialogue
- *No Time for Comedy* (1940), Screenplay
- *Saturday's Children* (1940), Screenplay
- *Four Wives* (1939), Screenplay
- *Daughters Courageous* (1939), Writer
- *Secrets of an Actress* (1938), Screenplay
- *Four Daughters* (1938), Screenplay — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/four-daughters-1938.md)
- *Confession* (1937), Adaptation
- *Sons o' Guns* (1936), Screenplay
- *Stars Over Broadway* (1935), Screenplay
- *I Live for Love* (1935), Screenplay
- *Little Big Shot* (1935), Screenplay
- *Broadway Gondolier* (1935), Writer
- *In Caliente* (1935), Screenplay
- *Living on Velvet* (1935), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 1984: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Reuben, Reuben*
- 1973: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Pete 'n' Tillie*
- 1944: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Casablanca*
- 1939: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Four Daughters*

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

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