---
name: "Michael Brandt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-brandt"
fi1m_id: "michael-brandt"
imdb_id: "nm0104973"
tmdb_id: 7865
wikidata_id: "Q3856120"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 October 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T05:35:57.080608+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."
---

# Michael Brandt

## Identity

Michael Brandt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-brandt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-brandt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0104973
- **TMDB ID:** 7865
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3856120
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brandt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3856120, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104973/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7865

Writer. Born 1 October 1968 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 October 1968, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Derek Haas](https://film.one/person/derek-haas-8161.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brandt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3856120, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104973/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7865

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Wanted*](https://film.one/film/wanted.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*2 Fast 2 Furious*](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Michael Brandt is an American screenwriter. Born on 1 October 1968 in Madison, Wisconsin, he studied at Baylor University, where he met frequent collaborator Derek Haas. He began his career working as an assistant editor for Robert Rodriguez.

Brandt and Haas wrote the story and screenplay for *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003). Their subsequent film credits include the screenplay for *3:10 to Yuma* (2007) and *Wanted* (2008). Brandt also wrote the screenplay for *Arthur the King* (2024) and made his directorial debut with *The Double* (2011).

On television, Brandt is the co-creator of *Chicago Fire* (2012) and a developer and writer on *Chicago P.D.* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wanted* (2008), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md)
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Fi1m 61, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Arthur the King* (2024), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt* (2017), as Klaus-Dieter
- *Overdrive* (2017), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Chicago Justice* (2017), series, Writer
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, Writer, Teleplay, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Double* (2011), Writer, Director
- *Wanted* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md)
- *3:10 to Yuma* (2007), Screenplay
- *Catch That Kid* (2004), Screenplay
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)
- *Invincible* (2001), Writer
- *Full Tilt Boogie* (1998), Post Production Supervisor, First Assistant Editor
- *God Said, 'Ha!'* (1998), Assistant Editor
- *Conversations in Limbo* (1998), Editor

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