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James L. Brooks

Born	May 9, 1940 (1940-05-09) (age 68) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Spouse(s)	Holly Beth Holmberg (1978-1999)^[1] Marianne Catherine Morrissey (m. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 1964)
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James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American three-time Academy Award-, nineteen-time Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning producer, writer, and film director. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. He is known for producing American television programs such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons (in which he created miscellaneous characters, including the Bouvier family), Rhoda and Taxi. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American Television sitcom created by James L The Simpson family is a family of Fictional characters featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. Rhoda is an American television sitcom starring Valerie Harper. Taxi is an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. His best-known film is Terms of Endearment, for which he received three Academy Awards in 1984. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Personal life
- 1.2 Career
2 Filmography
3 Further reading
4 References
5 External links

Biography

Personal life

Brooks was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Dorothy Helen (née Sheinheit) and Edward M. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Brooks. ^[2] He was raised in North Bergen, New Jersey in a Jewish family. North Bergen is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ ^[3] Brooks has donated over $175,000 to Democratic Party candidates. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ^[4]

Career

Brooks began his television career as a writer for CBS News from 1964 to 1966. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. After working for the ABC television series Room 222 as executive story editor, Brooks was hired along with writing partner Allan Burns by television executive Grant Tinker to create a show that would later become The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Room 222 is an American Television drama produced by 20th Century Fox Television. Allan Burns (born May 18, 1935) is an American Screenwriter and Television producer. Grant A Tinker (born January 11, 1925) is the former chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986 co-founder of MTM Enterprises, and

The Mary Tyler Moore Show became a critical and commercial success and spawned other television shows created by Brooks and Burns such as Rhoda, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Taxi, The Associates, and Lou Grant. Rhoda is an American television sitcom starring Valerie Harper. Taxi is an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. Lou Grant is an American television drama series starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor Brooks often sat in the studio audience of shows that he produced in the 1970s. Viewers can usually tell whether Brooks was in the audience by his distinctive loud guffaw. He would also make occasional cameo appearances.

In 1978, Brooks began work on feature motion films. His first project was being writer and co-producer on the film Starting Over and later wrote, produced and directed Terms of Endearment in 1983. Starting Over is a 1979 film which tells the story of a recently divorced man ( Burt Reynolds) who is torn between his new girlfriend ( Jill Clayburgh Brooks later started his own film and television production company, Gracie Films, in 1984. Gracie Films is an American Film and television production company created by James L Gracie Films would produce the television series The Tracey Ullman Show and its spin-off, The Simpsons as well as the animated series The Critic. The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American Television Variety show, hosted by British Comedian and onetime pop singer A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing The Critic is an American Animated series that revolved around the life of movie critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Gracie Films' notable film productions were Jerry Maguire, As Good as It Gets, Big, Bottle Rocket and Broadcast News. Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film from TriStar Pictures that tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, misanthropic, and bigoted Big is a 1988 fantasy - Comedy film about a boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged Bottle Rocket is a 1996 film directed by Wes Anderson. It was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. Broadcast News is a 1987 Romantic comedy film written produced and directed by James L

Brooks had a cameo in The Simpsons episode "A Star Is Born-Again". A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as " A Star Is Born - Again " is the 13th Episode from The Simpsons ' fourteenth season, which first aired on March He also played a semi-fictional version of himself in friend Albert Brooks' comedy Modern Romance as an opinionated film director. Albert Brooks (born July 22 1947 is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor, Writer, Comedian and director. Modern Romance is a 1981 film written and directed by Albert Brooks. The Halloween episodes bill him as "Chains Hell Brooks" in the opening credits. Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31.

Brooks mentored Cameron Crowe and was the executive producer of Crowe's directorial debut Say Anything.... Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award -winning American Writer and Film director. Crowe recalled later in an interview of the film's anniversary that he approached Brooks and told him about these ideas he had. Upon hearing this, Brooks encouraged Crowe to keep writing. Brooks also mentored Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson after they brought Bottle Rocket to his attention. Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Writer. Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director, writer, Actor, and producer of features Bottle Rocket is a 1996 film directed by Wes Anderson. It was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. Owen believes they wouldn't have gotten the film made if it wasn't for Brooks' help. In 2007, Brooks appeared -- along with star Hollywood screenwriters Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher, and others -- in Dreams on Spec, a documentary about filmmaking. Nora Ephron (born May 19 1941) is an American Film director, producer, Screenwriter, Novelist, and Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, Screenwriter and Novelist. Dreams on Spec is an American Documentary film that profiles the struggles and triumphs of emerging Hollywood Screenwriters. Brooks is one of the few people thanked during the end credits for the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006

Filmography

My Three Sons (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
My Mother The Car (1965) (writer)
Mary Tyler Moore (1970) (producer)
Rhoda (1974) (producer)
Thursday's Game (1974) (Writer-Producer)
Taxi (1978) (producer)
Terms of Endearment (1983) (director) (writer) (producer)
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) (producer)
Broadcast News (1987) (director) (writer) (producer)
Big (1988) (producer)
Say Anything... (1989) (producer)
The Simpsons (1989-present) (executive producer)
I'll Do Anything (1994) (director) (writer) (producer)
The Critic (1994) (executive producer)
Bottle Rocket (1996) (producer)
Jerry Maguire (1996) (producer)
As Good as It Gets (1997) (director) (writer) (producer)
Spanglish (2004) (director) (writer) (producer)
The Simpsons Movie (2007) (producer) (screenplay)

References

^ Brooks Files for Divorce.
^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/James-L-Brooks.html
^ Diamond, Jamie. "FILM; Bringing You a Musical . . . With No Music", The New York Times, January 30, 1994. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Accessed November 28, 2007. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
^ http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/James_L_Brooks.php

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