Charlie Wachtel

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Charlie Wachtel is an American director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-writing the 2018 American film BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee alongside David Rabinowitz. [1] The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. [2] [3]

Wachtel and Rabinowitz also worked on a script for Thacher Island, based on Casey Sherman’s Animal, [4] and Madness, a series about college basketball. [1]

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