Julius J. Epstein

Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter (born August 22, 1909, New York City, New York died December 30, 2000, Los Angeles, California), who had a long career, most noted for the adaptation?in partnership with his twin brother, Philip, and others?of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's that became the screenplay for the film Casablanca (1942), for which its team of writers won an Academy Award. Following his brother's death in 1952, he continued writing, garnering two more Oscar nominations and, in 1998, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association career achievement award.