Marshall Brickman, who collaborated with Woody Allen on three of his most famous films, died Friday in Manhattan. He was 85. Brickman’s daughter confirmed his death to the New York Times.
Brickman and Allen were the duo behind “Sleeper” (1973) “Annie Hall” (1977) and “Manhattan” (1979).
The writer lived a storied life. The Guardian reported in 2021 that he was born in Brazil but raised in New York. An avid fan of folk music, he traveled to Moscow as a teen, where he won a gold medal in an international banjo playing contest.
A few years later, he was back home in New York when a young singer named Bob Dylan spent a few nights at his apartment just before he signed with Columbia Records.