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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1940-05-09
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Production
- star Popularity: 2.9
- info Birth Place North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by James L. Brooks
6.9
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023-03-13
0
Thank You Very Much
2023-08-31
7.8
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
2023-11-12
6.2
Misery Loves Comedy
2015-01-23
7.2
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022-10-16
0
James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice
2011-01-25
6.8
Lost in America
1985-02-08
6.9
Modern Romance
1981-03-13
1
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011-03-14
6.6
Harry Benson: Shoot First
2016-11-04
0
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024-08-12
6.6
Real Life
1979-03-02
6.3
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016-01-29
5.4
Dreams on Spec
2007-03-23
3
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
2008-12-16
8
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019-10-12
0
The Process
0
Audience Research
1976-01-10
8.1
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
5.7
Prisoners of Gravity
1989-08-21
7.5
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
7.5
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018-03-26
movie_edit Directing
7.5
The Simpsons Movie
2007-07-25
7.5
The Simpsons Movie
2007-07-25
7.5
The War of the Roses
1989-12-08
7.5
Spanglish
2004-12-17
7.5
As Good as It Gets
1997-12-19
7.5
As Good as It Gets
1997-12-19
7.5
As Good as It Gets
1997-12-19
7.5
Say Anything...
1989-04-14
7.5
Big
1988-06-03
7.5
Terms of Endearment
1983-11-20
7.5
Terms of Endearment
1983-11-20
7.5
Terms of Endearment
1983-11-20
7.5
Jerry Maguire
1996-12-13
7.5
Broadcast News
1987-12-16
7.5
Broadcast News
1987-12-16
7.5
Broadcast News
1987-12-16
7.5
Bottle Rocket
1996-02-21
7.5
How Do You Know
2010-12-17
7.5
How Do You Know
2010-12-17
7.5
How Do You Know
2010-12-17
7.5
Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"
2021-05-04
7.5
Starting Over
1979-10-05
7.5
When Billie Met Lisa
2022-04-22
7.5
I'll Do Anything
1994-02-04
7.5
I'll Do Anything
1994-02-04
7.5
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
2012-07-12
7.5
The Good, the Bart, and the Loki
2021-07-07
7.5
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
2012-07-12
7.5
Planet of the Couches
2016-10-16
7.5
Thursday's Game
1974-04-14
7.5
Thursday's Game
1974-04-14
7.5
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
2021-11-12
7.5
Welcome to the Club
2022-09-08
7.5
Ella McCay
7.5
Ella McCay
7.5
Ella McCay
7.5
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986-10-09
7.5
Spanglish
2004-12-17
7.5
A Terrifying Message from Al Gore
2007-11-27
7.5
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003-10-31
7.5
The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show
1990-05-26
7.5
Ride
2014-11-08
7.5
Carlton Your Doorman
1980-05-21
7.5
50/50
2011-09-30
7.5
The Edge of Seventeen
2016-11-18
7.5
I'll Do Anything
1994-02-04
7.5
Cindy
1978-03-24
7.5
Cindy
1978-03-24
7.5
May the 12th Be with You
2024-05-09
7.5
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"
2023-05-03
7.5
My Own Private Idaho
1991-02-01
7.5
Spanglish
2004-12-17
7.5
The Simpsons Guy: A Family Guy Special
2014-09-28
7.5
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
2023-03-29
7.5
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999-03-08
7.5
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001-10-19
7.5
Starting Over
1979-10-05
7.5
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"
2020-02-29
7.5
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"
2020-02-29
7.5
The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03
7.5
The Tracey Ullman Show
1987-04-05
7.5
The Tracey Ullman Show
1987-04-05
7.5
Lou Grant
1977-09-20
7.5
Lou Grant
1977-09-20
7.5
Rhoda
1974-09-09
7.5
Rhoda
1974-09-09
7.5
The Critic
1994-01-26
7.5
Phenom
1993-09-14
7.5
That Girl
1966-09-08
7.5
The Doris Day Show
1968-09-24
7.5
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
7.5
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
7.5
Taxi
1978-09-12
7.5
Taxi
1978-09-12
7.5
My Mother the Car
1965-09-14
7.5
Sibs
1992-07-22
7.5
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
7.5
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
7.5
Accidental Family
1967-09-15
7.5
The Associates
1979-09-23
7.5
What About Joan?
2001-03-27
7.5
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
7.5
Lou Grant
1977-09-20
7.5
Rhoda
1974-09-09
7.5
The Tracey Ullman Show
1987-04-05
7.5
Taxi
1978-09-12
7.5
Room 222
1969-09-11
7.5
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
7.5
The Associates
1979-09-23
7.5
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
1974-09-14