Marshall Jacob Brickman (August 25, 1939 – November 29, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director,[1][2] best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen, with whom he shared the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Annie Hall.

[4][8] Brickman was a 1956 graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School, where he was an honor roll student and a participant in WNYE.

After attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he studied science and music and briefly aspired to be a doctor, he became a member of folk act the Tarriers in 1962, recruited by former classmate Eric Weissberg.

[10] Brickman directed several of his own scripts in the 1980s, including Simon, Lovesick, and The Manhattan Project, as well as Sister Mary Explains It All, a TV adaptation of the play by Christopher Durang.

[11] With partner Rick Elice, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Jersey Boys, about 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons.