---
name: "Philip G. Epstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-g-epstein"
fi1m_id: "philip-g-epstein"
imdb_id: "nm0258525"
tmdb_id: 2666
wikidata_id: "Q795100"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 August 1909"
died: "7 February 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T09:52:56.923249+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."
---

# Philip G. Epstein

## Identity

Philip G. Epstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-g-epstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-g-epstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0258525
- **TMDB ID:** 2666
- **Wikidata ID:** Q795100
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_G._Epstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258525/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2666

Writer. Born 22 August 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 7 February 1952.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 August 1909, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 7 February 1952
- **Active:** 1943–1944
- **Frequently works with:** [Julius J. Epstein](https://film.one/person/julius-j-epstein.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_G._Epstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258525/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2666

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Casablanca*](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md) (93)

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## Biography

Philip G. Epstein was an American screenwriter. Born in New York City on 22 August 1909, he attended Pennsylvania State College, graduating in 1931. After college he moved to Hollywood with his identical twin brother Julius, where the pair established themselves as screenwriters.

Epstein is best known for his work with Julius Epstein and Howard Koch on the screenplay for *Casablanca* (1942), which won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Other credits include *The Strawberry Blonde* (1941), *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1942), *Mr. Skeffington* (1944) and *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944).

Epstein died of cancer in Hollywood on 7 February 1952.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *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)

## Complete filmography (30)

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
- *The Brothers Karamazov* (1958), 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
- *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
- *There's That Woman Again* (1938), Writer
- *The Mad Miss Manton* (1938), Screenplay
- *New Faces of 1937* (1937), Screenplay
- *China Passage* (1937), Writer
- *Mummy's Boys* (1936), Screenplay
- *Grand Jury* (1936), Screenplay
- *The Bride Walks Out* (1936), Screenplay
- *Love on a Bet* (1936), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1944: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Casablanca*

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

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