Mel Brooks

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Melvin Brooks (né Kaminsky, born June 28, 1926) is an American filmmaker, comedian, actor and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit The 2000 Year Old Man. He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970. In middle age, Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of the year they were released. His best-known films include The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007. In 2001, having previously won an Emmy, a Grammy and an Oscar, he joined a small list of EGOT winners with his Tony award for The Producers. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015, a National Medal of Arts in September 2016, and a BAFTA Fellowship in February 2017. Three of his films ranked in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years (1900–2000), all of which ranked in the top 15 of the list: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13. Brooks was married to Oscar-winning actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1926-06-28
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  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 11.8
  • info Birth Place Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Mel Brooks

6.9

Spaceballs

1987-06-24

6.8

History of the World: Part I

1981-06-12

8.5

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

1994-10-25

4.9

The Silence of the Hams

1994-03-11

6.8

The Little Rascals

1994-08-05

6.6

Silent Movie

1976-06-17

7.2

The Muppet Movie

1979-06-22

7.3

Blazing Saddles

1974-02-07

5.6

Life Stinks

1991-06-05

6.8

To Be or Not to Be

1983-12-16

6.6

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993-07-28

6.3

The Twelve Chairs

1970-10-28

6.1

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995-12-22

6.4

High Anxiety

1977-12-25

6.5

Robots

2005-03-10

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Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man

2012-03-01

7

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

1997-10-14

4

Screw Loose

1999-02-19

5

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007-05-10

6.3

Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love

2023-05-27

0

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

2009-12-15

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Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

2007-04-10

0

Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition

2009-12-15

10

Free to Be... a Family

1988-12-14

6.3

The Critic

1963-05-20

6.5

Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

2012-12-10

5.5

Sex, Lies and Video Violence

2000-05-05

7.1

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013-04-23

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Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'

2009-12-15

6.1

Free to Be… You and Me

1974-03-11

9.5

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

2023-12-21

8.2

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013-05-20

5.5

Look Who's Talking Too

1990-12-14

6.8

Hotel Transylvania 2

2015-09-21

6.8

Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

2015-01-31

7.8

Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

2011-09-09

0

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

2003-01-01

5.4

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

2017-11-12

7.4

Remembering Gene Wilder

2024-03-15

6.7

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014-02-07

6

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975-12-14

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Caesar's Writers

1996-08-19

6.8

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

2017-02-01

7.9

Young Frankenstein

1974-12-15

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Sunset People

1984-03-03

6.9

The Last Laugh

2016-04-18

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Fairy Tale Forest: Flower of the Dawn

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The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

2006-09-07

0

Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer

6.7

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022-07-14

7

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

2016-01-21

7.1

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

2017-05-19

7.7

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

1998-05-15

7.2

Ballerina

2016-12-14

6.9

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

2018-06-06

4

Mickey's Audition

1992-10-01

6

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2003-12-24

6.5

An Audience with Mel Brooks

1984-02-04

7.2

Ballerina

2016-12-14

0

Untitled Lani Pixels Project

5.5

It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.

2016-04-22

4

Peeping Times

1978-01-25

6.9

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

2018-06-28

0

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

2000-06-20

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The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

2000-06-20

0

Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man

1970-02-18

7.1

The Producers

1968-03-18

7.2

The Great Buster: A Celebration

2018-10-05

6.5

The 2000 Year Old Man

1975-01-11

6.7

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

2018-02-17

6.3

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

2009-10-02

7.5

Toy Story 4

2019-06-19

6.2

The Producers

2005-12-25

6

The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

2001-12-11

0

Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense

2009-12-15

0

Mickey's 50

1978-11-19

9

Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks

2001-10-01

6.3

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

2019-12-06

0

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

2012-11-13

4.5

Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?

2003-02-18

6

Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

2005-05-03

6

Back in the Saddle

2001-06-19

7.2

The Making of 'The Producers'

2002-12-03

6

John Candy: Comic Spirit

2005-05-03

6

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

1993-07-27

6.9

The Automat

2021-09-02

6

The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

2011-05-24

6.3

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979-05-16

0

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

2009-08-11

0

Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures

2008-09-21

0

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

2014-05-06

6.7

Mad About You

1992-09-23

8

The Simpsons

1989-12-17

7.2

Noel's House Party

1991-11-23

5

The David Susskind Show

1959-01-18

7.7

Frasier

1993-09-16

6

Inside Comedy

2012-01-26

6.9

The Electric Company

1971-10-25

8

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000-10-15

4.5

The Hollywood Palace

1964-01-04

6.4

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967-09-09

4.1

Spaceballs: The Animated Series

2008-11-21

5.3

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

2003-09-07

7.5

The Frank Skinner Show

1995-09-10

0

Saturday Night Clive

1989-01-21

5.9

Glenn Martin, DDS

2009-08-17

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01

5.3

An Audience with...

1978-01-08

8.3

Only Murders in the Building

2021-08-31

4.5

Wogan

1982-05-04

0

Flick Flack

1974-01-07

7.2

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

2012-07-19

6

To Tell the Truth

2016-06-14

4.8

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

4.5

The Hollywood Palace

1964-01-04

5

Legends

2006-11-17

6.2

Champs-Elysées

1982-01-16

8.2

RTL Samstag Nacht

1993-11-06

7.8

Broadway: The American Musical

2004-10-19

6.6

The Dick Cavett Show

1968-06-06

6

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003-02-21

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

8

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

1998-06-23

6.9

Primetime Glick

2001-06-20

5.6

History of the World: Part II

2023-03-06

6

Bitte umblättern

1977-04-20

7.4

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

2002-07-20

6.6

Arena

1975-10-01

6

The Paul Reiser Show

2011-04-14

4.9

Great Performances

1971-01-28

6.8

Golden Globe Awards

1944-01-20

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

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5

Spaceballs

1987-06-24

5

Spaceballs

1987-06-24

5

Spaceballs

1987-06-24

5

Young Frankenstein

1974-12-15

5

Young Frankenstein

1974-12-15

5

History of the World: Part I

1981-06-12

5

History of the World: Part I

1981-06-12

5

History of the World: Part I

1981-06-12

5

The Producers

1968-03-18

5

Silent Movie

1976-06-17

5

Silent Movie

1976-06-17

5

Blazing Saddles

1974-02-07

5

Blazing Saddles

1974-02-07

5

Life Stinks

1991-06-05

5

Life Stinks

1991-06-05

5

Life Stinks

1991-06-05

5

To Be or Not to Be

1983-12-16

5

The Twelve Chairs

1970-10-28

5

The Twelve Chairs

1970-10-28

5

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993-07-28

5

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993-07-28

5

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993-07-28

5

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995-12-22

5

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995-12-22

5

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995-12-22

5

High Anxiety

1977-12-25

5

High Anxiety

1977-12-25

5

High Anxiety

1977-12-25

5

The Producers

2005-12-25

5

The Producers

2005-12-25

5

Blazing Saddles

1974-02-07

5

Blazing Saddles

1974-02-07

5

The Producers

1968-03-18

5

The Producers

1968-03-18

5

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022-07-14

5

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022-07-14

5

The Doctor and the Devils

1985-10-04

5

Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

2015-01-31

5

The Producers

1968-03-18

5

Shinbone Alley

1970-06-26

5

Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

2015-01-31

5

Loose Shoes

1978-09-01

5

Fatso

1980-02-01

5

Solarbabies

1986-11-26

5

The Fly II

1989-02-10

5

The Nude Bomb

1980-05-09

5

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

1967-04-08

5

Ride

2014-11-08

5

Young Frankenstein

1974-12-15

5

Sam

2015-04-21

5

The Vagrant

1992-05-15

5

The Elephant Man

1980-10-09

5

The Fly

1986-08-15

5

High Anxiety

1977-12-25

5

The Producers

2005-12-25

5

Get Smart

2008-06-19

5

An Audience with Mel Brooks

1984-02-04

5

Shinbone Alley

1970-06-26

5

Spaceballs 2

5

New Faces

1954-02-19

5

Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man

1970-02-18

5

The Producers

2019-10-10

5

The Producers

2019-10-10

5

The Producers

2019-10-10

5

The 2000 Year Old Man

1975-01-11

5

The Critic

1963-05-20

5

The Critic

1963-05-20

5

Life Stinks

1991-06-05

5

The Automat

2021-09-02

5

84 Charing Cross Road

1987-02-13

5

When Things Were Rotten

1975-09-10

5

Get Smart

1965-09-18

5

History of the World: Part II

2023-03-06

5

History of the World: Part II

2023-03-06

5

Get Smart

1965-09-18

5

When Things Were Rotten

1975-09-10

5

Spaceballs: The Animated Series

2008-11-21

5

The Nutt House

1989-09-20

5

History of the World: Part II

2023-03-06