---
name: "William Broyles Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-broyles-jr"
fi1m_id: "william-broyles-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0115310"
tmdb_id: 142
wikidata_id: "Q3568461"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 October 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T03:29:42.769115+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."
---

# William Broyles Jr.

## Identity

William Broyles Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-broyles-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-broyles-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0115310
- **TMDB ID:** 142
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3568461
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Broyles_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142

Writer. Born 8 October 1944 in Houston, Texas.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 October 1944, Houston, Texas
- **Active:** 1995–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Tom Hanks](https://film.one/person/tom-hanks.md), [Robert Zemeckis](https://film.one/person/robert-zemeckis.md), [Steve Starkey](https://film.one/person/steve-starkey.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (2), 2000s 60 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 56 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Drama 3, Action 1, Animation 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,678m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Broyles_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Apollo 13*](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Entrapment*](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md) (49)
- **Disney+:** [*Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/planet-of-the-apes-2001.md) (40)

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

## Biography

William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and journalist. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film *Apollo 13* (1995) with Al Reinert, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Broyles co-founded *Texas Monthly* magazine and served as editor of *Newsweek* from 1982 to 1984. He created the television series *China Beach* (1988–1991) and wrote screenplays for *Cast Away* (2000), *Planet of the Apes* (2001), *Unfaithful* (2002), *The Polar Express* (2004), *Jarhead* (2005) and *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006). In 2026 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Institute of Letters.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Polar Express* (2004), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-polar-express.md)
- *Planet of the Apes* (2001), Fi1m 40, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/planet-of-the-apes-2001.md)
- *Cast Away* (2000), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md)
- *Entrapment* (1999), Fi1m 49, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Apollo 13* (1995), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *SIX* (2017), series, Creator
- *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), Screenplay
- *Jarhead* (2005), Screenplay
- *The Polar Express* (2004), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-polar-express.md)
- *Unfaithful* (2002), Screenplay
- *Planet of the Apes* (2001), Screenplay — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/planet-of-the-apes-2001.md)
- *Cast Away* (2000), Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md)
- *Entrapment* (1999), Screenplay — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Apollo 13* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *JFK: Reckless Youth* (1993), series, Writer
- *Under Cover* (1991), Writer
- *China Beach* (1988), series, Writer
- *The Lifeboat*, Screenplay, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1996: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Apollo 13*

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

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