Writing · 1918 to 1967

Richard L. Breen

Best rated: A Foreign Affair (7.3)

Films: 23
Avg rating: 6.69
Peak run: 1951’53
7+ run: 5 films

Films: 23
Avg rating: 6.69
Peak run: 1951’53
7+ run: 5 films

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The career

Richard L. Breen, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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194823 films1967

Current formLast 5: 6.38 vs career 6.69 (−0.31)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Richard by the numbers

Average

6.69

16 rated films

Vote weighted

6.71

bigger films count more

Median

6.7

half are better

Consistency

±0.44

rating spread

Career

20y

1948 to 1967

Total votes

75.6K

across every film

Best

7.3

A Foreign Affair

Worst

7.0

Niagara

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

1957	Stopover Tokyo	·	373

Better together?

Richard L. Breen's regulars

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Takes

On Richard L. Breen

3 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1964
Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1954
Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen
Won
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1949
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen
Nominated

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