Screenwriter Marshall Brickman, who collaborated with Woody Allen in three acclaimed films, including the Oscar-winning Annie Hall (1977), breathed his last on Friday in Manhattan. He was 85.

Brickman's daughter Sophie Brickman confirmed the death to The New York Times. However, she didn't reveal the cause.

Brickman was a musician and played in folk groups before he started his TV writing career. 

With Woody Allen, he also collaborated in the 1973 film Sleeper, Manhattan (1979) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). 

Brickman wrote and directed Simon (1980), Lovesick (1983) featuring Alec Guinness as the ghost of Sigmund Freud, and The Manhattan Project (1986). 

In 2001, he directed an adaptation of Christopher Durang’s play Sister Mary Explains It All. 

He also co-wrote Broadway musicals Jersey Boys and The Addams Family. He also wrote for Candid Camera, The Tonight Show, and The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence.

Marshall Brickman is survived by his wife Nina, daughters Sophie and Jessica and five grandchildren.