---
name: "Lewis John Carlino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lewis-john-carlino"
fi1m_id: "lewis-john-carlino"
imdb_id: "nm0137573"
tmdb_id: 84657
wikidata_id: "Q3237296"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1932"
died: "17 June 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:08:35.869419+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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# Lewis John Carlino

## Identity

Lewis John Carlino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lewis-john-carlino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lewis-john-carlino
- **IMDb ID:** nm0137573
- **TMDB ID:** 84657
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3237296
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_John_Carlino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237296, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84657

Writer. Born 1 January 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 17 June 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1932, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 17 June 2020
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_John_Carlino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237296, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84657

## Biography

Lewis John Carlino (1932–2020) was an American screenwriter, playwright and director. Born in New York City, he began writing for television and the stage in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

His feature screenwriting credits include *Seconds* (1966), *The Fox* (1967), *The Brotherhood* (1968), *The Mechanic* (1972) and the adaptation of *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He also wrote and directed *The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea* (1976) and *The Great Santini* (1979).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Seconds* (1966), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/seconds.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Mechanic: Resurrection* (2016), Characters
- *The Mechanic* (2011), Screenplay, Story
- *Resurrection* (1999), Story
- *Haunted Summer* (1988), Writer
- *Class* (1983), Director
- *Resurrection* (1980), Writer
- *The Great Santini* (1979), Screenplay, Director
- *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977), Screenplay
- *The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea* (1976), Director, Writer
- *Where Have All the People Gone* (1974), Teleplay, Story
- *Crazy Joe* (1974), Screenplay
- *Honor Thy Father* (1973), Screenplay
- *A Reflection of Fear* (1972), Screenplay
- *The Mechanic* (1972), Screenplay, Story
- *In Search of America* (1971), Writer
- *The Brotherhood* (1968), Writer
- *The Fox* (1967), Screenplay
- *Seconds* (1966), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/seconds.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1978: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden*

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

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