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Writing

Howard E. Koch

Career

Active from 1940 to 2025, with a break from 1968 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Casablanca
Casablanca
GoodWatch score92/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    1944 · Won · 16th Academy Awards

    Casablanca

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Writing (Original Screenplay)

    1942 · Nominated · 14th Academy Awards

    Sergeant York

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Howard E. Koch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • World War II 2
  • Classic Film Noir 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Scenes from Casablanca
Scenes from Casablanca (2025)

Writer

1970s

2 titles · average score 46
The Greek Tycoon
The Greek Tycoon (1978)
GoodWatch score 23

Executive Producer

The Night That Panicked America
The Night That Panicked America (1975)
GoodWatch score 69

Radio Play

1960s

6 titles · average score 52
The Fox
The Fox (1967)
GoodWatch score 57

Associate Producer, Screenplay

Journey Out Of Darkness
Journey Out Of Darkness (1967)

Writer

633 Squadron
633 Squadron (1964)
GoodWatch score 45

Screenplay

3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964)
GoodWatch score 38

as Dr. Otis Salverson

The War Lover
The War Lover (1962)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

The Greengage Summer
The Greengage Summer (1961)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

1950s

4 titles · average score 55
Pharaoh's Curse
Pharaoh's Curse (1957)
GoodWatch score 35

Producer

The Intimate Stranger
The Intimate Stranger (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

The 13th Letter
The 13th Letter (1951)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

No Sad Songs for Me
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

1940s

9 titles · average score 70
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
GoodWatch score 90

Screenplay

Three Strangers
Three Strangers (1946)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay

In Our Time
In Our Time (1944)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Casablanca
Casablanca (1943)
GoodWatch score 92

Screenplay

Mission to Moscow
Mission to Moscow (1943)
GoodWatch score 43

Screenplay

In This Our Life
In This Our Life (1942)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

Sergeant York
Sergeant York (1941)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay

The Letter
The Letter (1940)
GoodWatch score 84

Screenplay