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Charlie Wachtel (* 1987 or 1988 in East Brunswick ) is an American screenwriter and film producer . As a co- writer on Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman , Wachtel received the award for best screenplay at the 2019 Academy Awards .

Life

Originally, New Jersey-born Charlie Wachtel worked as an assistant in several production companies such as UTA, Benaroya Pictures, Weed Road and Echo Lake. Then he wrote for advertising agencies. He studied at the Prague Film School, FAMU and the American University.

He has a long friendship with David Rabinowitz , with whom Wachtel worked on the script for BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee . They both graduated from East Brunswick High School in 2005 and both attended American University and Quinnipiac University, where they graduated in 2009. After Wachtel moved to Los Angeles in 2009, Rabinowitz followed him in 2012. They first heard about Ron Stallworth's story, which is told in the film, in July 2015 on Facebook.

Filmography (selection)

• 2008: Stiff (short film)
• 2014: Madness (short film)
• 2018: BlacKkKlansman

Awards (selection)

Critics' Choice Movie Award

• 2019 : Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay ( BlacKkKlansman )

Online Film Critics Society Award

• 2019: Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (BlacKkKlansman)

Oscar

• 2019 : Award for the best adapted screenplay (BlacKkKlansman)

Web links

• Charlie Wachtel in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release for 'BlacKkKlansman'. (PDF, French)
2. ↑ Big Hollywood Break: Alumnus Co-Writes BlacKkKlansman. In: american.edu, February 7, 2018.
3. ↑ Cheryl Makin: Written by East Brunswick grads, 'BlacKkKlansman' earns $ 10.5 million in first weekend. In: mycentraljersey.com, August 12, 2018.
4. ↑ Pete Hammond: Critics Choice Awards: 'The Favorite' 14 Nominations; 'Black Panther' A Marvel; 'First Man' rebounds; 'The Americans' Leads TV Series. In: deadline.com, December 10, 2018.
5. ↑ 2018 Awards. In: ofcs.org, December 26, 2018.