Fred Curtis Brannon (April 26, 1901 – April 6, 1953) was an American film director of the 1940s and 1950s. He is known among film buffs as a staff director at Republic Pictures, where he directed or co-directed serials and westerns from 1945 until his death.

His first film, The Purple Monster Strikes (1945), was a collaboration with veteran serial director Spencer Gordon Bennet. Bennet and Brannon (then billed as Fred Brannon) remained a team until 1947, when Bennet left the studio for Sam Katzman's serial unit at Columbia Pictures. Brannon then became Republic's principal serial director (now billed as Fred C. Brannon) and continued to direct serials and western features for the studio for the next six years.

Brannon died on April 6, 1953 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, a few weeks short of his 52nd birthday. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

The following feature films, credited to Fred Brannon, were compiled from his serials and released to theaters or television: