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James L. Brooks‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1940-05-09

Popularity

star10.5

James L. Brooks

North Bergen, New Jersey, USA

James L. Brooks

North Bergen, New Jersey, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1940-05-09

Popularity

star10.5

Biography

James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 to work on David L. Wolper's documentaries. After being laid off he met producer Allan Burns who secured him a job as a writer on the series My Mother the Car. Brooks wrote for several shows before being hired as a story editor on My Friend Tony and later creating the series Room 222. Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns at MTM Productions to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. The show, one of the first to feature an independent working woman as its lead character, was critically acclaimed and won Brooks several Primetime Emmy Awards. Brooks and Burns then created two successful spin-offs from Mary Tyler Moore in the shape of Rhoda (a comedy) and Lou Grant (a drama). Brooks left MTM Productions in 1978 to co-create the sitcom Taxi which, despite winning multiple Emmys, suffered from low ratings and was canceled twice. He moved into feature film work when he wrote and co-produced the 1979 film Starting Over. His next project was the critically acclaimed film Terms of Endearment, which he produced, directed and wrote, winning an Academy Award for all three positions. Basing his next film, Broadcast News, on his journalistic experiences the film earned him a further two Academy Award nominations. Although his 1994 work I'll Do Anything was hampered by negative press attention due to the cutting of all of its recorded musical numbers, As Good as It Gets (co-written with Mark Andrus) earned further praise. It was seven years until his next film, which came in the shape of 2004's Spanglish. His sixth film, How Do You Know, was released in 2010. Brooks also produced and mentored Cameron Crowe on Say Anything... (1989) and Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson on Bottle Rocket (1996). Although he did not intend to do so, Brooks returned to television in 1987 as the producer of The Tracey Ullman Show. He hired cartoonist Matt Groening to create a series of shorts for the show, which eventually led to The Simpsons in 1989. The Simpsons won numerous awards and is still running after 20 years. Brooks also co-produced and co-wrote the 2007 film adaptation of the show, The Simpsons Movie. In total, Brooks has received 47 Emmy nominations, winning 20 of them.

Movie Credits

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Being Mary Tyler Moore‌
star6.7
calendar 2023

Thank You Very Much

Thank You Very Much‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life‌
star7.5
calendar 2023

Misery Loves Comedy

Misery Loves Comedy‌
star6.2
calendar 2015

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel‌
star7.2
calendar 2022

James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice

James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Lost in America

Lost in America‌
star6.9
calendar 1985

Modern Romance

Modern Romance‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood‌
star1.0
calendar 2011

Harry Benson: Shoot First

Harry Benson: Shoot First‌
star6.6
calendar 2016

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Real Life

Real Life‌
star6.6
calendar 1979

Mike Nichols: An American Master

Mike Nichols: An American Master‌
star6.3
calendar 2016

Dreams on Spec

Dreams on Spec‌
star5.4
calendar 2007

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth‌
star6.5
calendar 2019

The Process

The Process‌
star0.0
calendar

Audience Research

Audience Research‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Tv Credits

The Simpsons

The Simpsons‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

Prisoners of Gravity

Prisoners of Gravity‌
star5.7
calendar 1989

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling‌
star7.2
calendar 2018