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James L. Brooks
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James L. Brooks
Known For
Production
Birthday
1940-05-09,North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Being Mary Tyler Moore

6.9

Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023-03-13

Thank You Very Much

0

Thank You Very Much
2023-08-31

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

7.6

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
2023-11-12

Misery Loves Comedy

6.2

Misery Loves Comedy
2015-01-23

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

7.2

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022-10-16

James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice

0

James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice
2011-01-25

Lost in America

6.8

Lost in America
1985-02-08

6.8

Modern Romance
1981-03-13

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

1

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011-03-14

Harry Benson: Shoot First

6.6

Harry Benson: Shoot First
2016-11-04

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

0

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024-08-12

6.604

Real Life
1979-03-02

Mike Nichols: An American Master

6.3

Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016-01-29

5.4

Dreams on Spec
2007-03-23

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

3

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008-12-16

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

7

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019-10-12

0

The Process

Audience Research

0

Audience Research
1976-01-10

8.014

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

Prisoners of Gravity

5.7

Prisoners of Gravity
1989-08-21

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7.5

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

7.345

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018-03-26