Distinguished writer who earned his first screenplay credit for Roman Polanski's "Amsterdam" segment of the omnibus feature, "Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde" (1964). Brach is known as a regular collaborator with Polanski (from "Repulsion" 1965 through "Frantic" 1979), Jean-Jacques Annaud ("Quest For Fire" 1981, "The Name of the Rose" 1986, "The Bear" 1988) and Andrei Konchalovsky ("Maria's Lovers" 1985, "Shy People" 1987).