Brian Garfield
American novelist, historian and screenwriter (1939-2018) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 79
Brian Francis Wynne Garfield was an American novelist, historian and screenwriter. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and Edgar Award recipient, he wrote his first published book at the age of 18.
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Charles Bronson Brian wrote Death Wish 3 (1989)
Dino De Laurentiis Produced Death Wish (1974)
Eli Roth Directed Death Wish (2018)
Loni Anderson Also in Necessity and Blown Away
Michael Winner Directed Death Wish (1974)
Ronald Neame Directed Hopscotch (1980)
Andrew V. McLaglen Directed The Last Hard Men (1976)
Joseph Ruben Directed The Stepfather (1987)
Sherman Howard Also in Necessity and Blown Away
Larry Wilcox Also in The Last Hard Men and Relentless
Ashok Amritraj Produced Death Sentence (2007)- Diana Bellamy Also in Necessity and Blown Away
Roger Birnbaum Produced Death Wish (2018)- Lee H. Katzin Directed Relentless (1977)
Guy Oseary Produced The Stepfather (2009)- J. S. Cardone Produced The Stepfather (2009)
- Walter Seltzer Produced The Last Hard Men (1976)
Ely Landau Produced Hopscotch (1980)- Edie Landau Produced Hopscotch (1980)
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Garfield went on to author more than 70 books across a variety of genres, 19 of which were made into films or TV shows, and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. His best-known works includes Death Wish (1972), which launched a lucrative franchise when it was adapted into the 1974 film of the same title.
