Emil (Emmanuel) Veniaminovich Braginsky (Russian: Эми́ль (Эммануэль) Вениами́нович Браги́нский, 19 November 1921 – 26 May 1998) was a Soviet/Russian screenwriter and an Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1976) and recipient of USSR State Prize (1977).

[2] He appeared as an actor in the 1995 TV film Vorovka.

In 1953 he graduated from Kutafin Moscow State Law University[3] As a scriptwriter, he made his debut in the 1955 film Squared 45.

From 1963 onward, Braginsky worked in a creative collaboration with Eldar Ryazanov.

Their first joint work was the 1966 comedy film Beware of the Car.