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James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born May 9, 1940 in North Bergen, New Jersey, USA

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Being Mary Tyler Moore
HBO Max
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
HBO Max
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Netflix
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Plex
1989: The Year That Made Us
Hulu
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
HBO Max
The Hollywood Masters
Netflix
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Amazon Prime Video
Misery Loves Comedy
Peacock
Makers: Women Who Make America
Amazon Prime Video
America in Primetime
Amazon Prime Video
Dancing with the Stars
Disney Plus
The Simpsons
Hotstar
American Masters
Amazon Prime Video
Lost in America
Paramount Plus
Modern Romance
Tubi TV
Real Life
Kanopy
The South Bank Show
Now TV
Saturday Night Live
Hulu
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Amazon Prime Video

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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.

25 wins and 32 nominations

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Being Mary Tyler Moore | Official Trailer | HBO

Hans Zimmer - Der Sound für Hollywood Doku 2011 Part 4/4

Filmography

Actor

81

Type

Year

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life Poster

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life Feature Film2023

Being Mary Tyler Moore Poster

Being Mary Tyler Moore Feature Film2023

Filmmaker Focus with James L. Brooks Video2023

Inside the Simpsons Poster

Inside the Simpsons TV Series2023

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel Poster

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel Feature Film2022

1989: The Year That Made Us Poster

1989: The Year That Made Us Documentary2019

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth Poster

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth Documentary2019

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Poster

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling TV Movie2018

Daily Blast Live Poster

Daily Blast Live TV Series2017

The Beat with Ari Melber Poster

The Beat with Ari Melber TV Series2017

The Hollywood Masters Poster

The Hollywood Masters TV Series2017

The Process Poster

The Process Documentary2017

Harry Benson: Shoot First Poster

Harry Benson: Shoot First Documentary2016

Misery Loves Comedy Poster

Misery Loves Comedy Documentary2015

Women in Hollywood Documentary2014

Makers: Women Who Make America Poster

Makers: Women Who Make America TV Series2013

America in Primetime Poster

America in Primetime TV Series2011

Hans Zimmer - Der Sound für Hollywood Poster

Hans Zimmer - Der Sound für Hollywood Documentary2011

The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! Poster

The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! Documentary2010

The Simpsons: Access All Areas Documentary2010

The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends Documentary2010

The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem Documentary2010

Kevin Pollak's Chat Show Poster

Kevin Pollak's Chat Show TV Series2009

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America Poster

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America TV Series2009

The Making of Bottle Rocket Poster

The Making of Bottle Rocket Documentary2008

Big: Chemistry of a Classic Documentary2007

Dreams on Spec Poster

Dreams on Spec Documentary2007

The 5th Annual TV Land Awards Poster

The 5th Annual TV Land Awards TV Special2007

Up Close with Carrie Keagan Poster

Up Close with Carrie Keagan TV Series2007

Dancing with the Stars Poster

Dancing with the Stars TV Series2005

Made in Hollywood Poster

Made in Hollywood TV Series2005

TCM Guest Programmer Poster

TCM Guest Programmer TV Series2005

Tavis Smiley Poster

Tavis Smiley TV Series2004

The World According to 'The Simpsons' TV Movie2004

TV Land Moguls Poster

TV Land Moguls Mini-Series2004

Eight Characters in Search of a Sitcom Documentary2003

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years Poster

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years Documentary2003

She Turned the World on with Her Smile: The Making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Documentary2002

'The Simpsons': America's First Family Documentary2000

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies Documentary2000

Backstory Poster

Backstory TV Series2000

Inside TV Land Poster

Inside TV Land TV Series2000

Influences: From Yesterday to Today TV Movie1999

Bravo Profiles Poster

Bravo Profiles TV Series1998

Musik im Spiegel der Gefühle TV Movie1998

The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards Poster

The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards TV Special1998

The 70th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 70th Annual Academy Awards TV Special1998

Getting the Goods on 'As Good As It Gets' Documentary1997

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television Poster

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television TV Series1997

The Simpsons Have Landed TV Special1996

The Works Poster

The Works TV Series1996

HBO First Look Poster

HBO First Look TV Series1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV Series1993

Charlie Rose Poster

Charlie Rose TV Series1991

Naked Hollywood Mini-Series1991

The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1990

The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1989

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989

The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards Poster

The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards TV Special1988

The 60th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 60th Annual Academy Awards TV Special1988

Biography Poster

Biography TV Series1987

One Voice Poster

One Voice TV Special1986

Sundance: A Matter of Process Feature Film1986

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Lost in America Poster

Lost in America Feature Film1985

The 56th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 56th Annual Academy Awards Documentary1984

De película Poster

De película TV Series1982

Modern Romance Poster

Modern Romance Feature Film1981

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1981

The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1980

CBS News Sunday Morning Poster

CBS News Sunday Morning TV Series1979

Real Life Poster

Real Life Feature Film1979

The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1979

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series1978

The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1977

The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1976

Saturday Night Live Poster

Saturday Night Live TV Series1975

Rhoda TV Series1974

AFI Life Achievement Award Poster

AFI Life Achievement Award TV Series1973

The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1971

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Series1970

Writer

43

Type

Year

Being Mary Tyler Moore Poster

Being Mary Tyler Moore Feature Film2023

Playdate with Destiny Poster

Playdate with Destiny Short Film2020

Planet of the Couches Poster

Planet of the Couches TV Short2016

The Simpsons Take the Bowl Poster

The Simpsons Take the Bowl Video2014

The Longest Daycare Poster

The Longest Daycare Short Film2012

How Do You Know Poster

How Do You Know Feature Film2010

The Simpsons Movie Poster

The Simpsons Movie Feature Film2007

Spanglish Poster

Spanglish Feature Film2004

As Good as It Gets Poster

As Good as It Gets Feature Film1997

De Sylvia Millecam Show Poster

De Sylvia Millecam Show TV Series1994

I'll Do Anything Poster

I'll Do Anything Feature Film1994

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989

Broadcast News Poster

Broadcast News Feature Film1987

The Tracey Ullman Show Poster

The Tracey Ullman Show TV Series1987

Terms of Endearment Poster

Terms of Endearment Feature Film1983

Carlton Your Doorman Poster

Carlton Your Doorman TV Movie1980

Starting Over Poster

Starting Over Feature Film1979

The Associates Poster

The Associates TV Series1979

Cindy TV Movie1978

Taxi TV Series1978

Lou Grant Poster

Lou Grant TV Series1977

The New Lorenzo Music Show TV Special1976

Phyllis TV Series1975

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers Poster

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers TV Series1974

Rhoda TV Series1974

Thursday's Game Poster

Thursday's Game TV Movie1974

Going Places TV Movie1973

Class of '55 TV Movie1972

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Series1970

My Friend Tony Poster

My Friend Tony TV Series1969

Room 222 Poster

Room 222 TV Series1969

Mayberry R.F.D. Poster

Mayberry R.F.D. TV Series1968

The Doris Day Show Poster

The Doris Day Show TV Series1968

Accidental Family Poster

Accidental Family TV Series1967

Good Morning World Poster

Good Morning World TV Series1967

Hey, Landlord Poster

Hey, Landlord TV Series1966

That Girl Poster

That Girl TV Series1966

My Mother the Car Poster

My Mother the Car TV Series1965

October Madness: The World Series Documentary1965

Time-Life Specials: The March of Time TV Series1965

Men in Crisis TV Series1964

My Three Sons Poster

My Three Sons TV Series1960

The Andy Griffith Show Poster

The Andy Griffith Show TV Series1960

Producer

52

Type

Year

May the 12th Be with You Poster

May the 12th Be with You Short Film2024

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Poster

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Feature Film2023

Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One Poster

Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One TV Special2023

The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in Feliz Navidad Poster

The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in Feliz Navidad Short Film2022

The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club Poster

The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club Short Film2022

When Billie Met Lisa Poster

When Billie Met Lisa Short Film2022

Balenciaga Poster

Balenciaga Short Film2021

The Force Awakens from Its Nap Poster

The Force Awakens from Its Nap Short Film2021

The Good, the Bart, and the Loki Poster

The Good, the Bart, and the Loki Short Film2021

The Simpsons in Plusaversary Poster

The Simpsons in Plusaversary Short Film2021

Playdate with Destiny Poster

Playdate with Destiny Short Film2020

Icebox Feature Film2018

Planet of the Couches Poster

Planet of the Couches TV Short2016

The Edge of Seventeen Poster

The Edge of Seventeen Feature Film2016

Trumptastic Voyage Poster

Trumptastic Voyage TV Short2015

The Longest Daycare Poster

The Longest Daycare Short Film2012

How Do You Know Poster

How Do You Know Feature Film2010

The Simpsons Ride Poster

The Simpsons Ride Video2008

The Simpsons Game Poster

The Simpsons Game Video Game2007

The Simpsons Movie Poster

The Simpsons Movie Feature Film2007

Spanglish Poster

Spanglish Feature Film2004

Riding in Cars with Boys Poster

Riding in Cars with Boys Feature Film2001

What About Joan Poster

What About Joan TV Series2001

As Good as It Gets Poster

As Good as It Gets Feature Film1997

Bottle Rocket Poster

Bottle Rocket Feature Film1996

Jerry Maguire Poster

Jerry Maguire Feature Film1996

I'll Do Anything Poster

I'll Do Anything Feature Film1994

Related by Birth TV Movie1994

The Critic Poster

The Critic TV Series1994

Phenom TV Series1993

Sibs TV Series1991

The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show TV Special1990

Say Anything Poster

Say Anything Feature Film1989

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989

The War of the Roses Poster

The War of the Roses Feature Film1989

Big Feature Film1988

Broadcast News Poster

Broadcast News Feature Film1987

The Simpsons: Tracey Ullman Shorts Poster

The Simpsons: Tracey Ullman Shorts TV Series1987

The Tracey Ullman Show Poster

The Tracey Ullman Show TV Series1987

Terms of Endearment Poster

Terms of Endearment Feature Film1983

Starting Over Poster

Starting Over Feature Film1979

The Associates Poster

The Associates TV Series1979

Cindy TV Movie1978

Taxi TV Series1978

Lou Grant Poster

Lou Grant TV Series1977

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers Poster

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers TV Series1974

Rhoda TV Series1974

Thursday's Game Poster

Thursday's Game TV Movie1974

Class of '55 TV Movie1972

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Series1970

Men in Crisis TV Series1964

Untitled Daniel Sawka/Gracie Films Project Feature Film

Other Crew

13

Type

Year

The Simpsons: Hit & Run Poster

The Simpsons: Hit & Run Video Game2003

What About Joan Poster

What About Joan TV Series2001

The Critic Poster

The Critic TV Series1994

Phenom TV Series1993

Sibs TV Series1991

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989

The Associates Poster

The Associates TV Series1979

Cindy TV Movie1978

Taxi TV Series1978

Lou Grant Poster

Lou Grant TV Series1977

Rhoda TV Series1974

My Friend Tony Poster

My Friend Tony TV Series1969

Accidental Family Poster

Accidental Family TV Series1967

Script and Continuity Department

1

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Series1970

Thanks

19

Type

Year

The Adventures of Dugg & Lemmy Poster

The Adventures of Dugg & Lemmy TV Series2012

The Dictator Poster

The Dictator Feature Film2012

50/50 Feature Film2011

Broadcast News: James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice Poster

Broadcast News: James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice Video2011

Heidi Montag Says No to Plastic Video2010

Presidential Reunion Poster

Presidential Reunion Video2010

Angry Birds Poster

Angry Birds Video Game2009

Funny People Poster

Funny People Feature Film2009

Then She Found Me Poster

Then She Found Me Feature Film2007

A Terrifying Message from Al Gore Poster

A Terrifying Message from Al Gore Video2006

Accidents Will Happen Short Film2006

Borat Feature Film2006

The Royal Tenenbaums Poster

The Royal Tenenbaums Feature Film2001

Family Guy Poster

Family Guy TV Series1999

Simpsons Bowling Poster

Simpsons Bowling Video Game1999

Rushmore Poster

Rushmore Feature Film1998

My Own Private Idaho Poster

My Own Private Idaho Feature Film1991

Jumpin' Jack Flash Poster

Jumpin' Jack Flash Feature Film1986

The Ratings Game Poster

The Ratings Game TV Movie1984

Director

7

Type

Year

Terra X History Poster

Terra X History TV Series2023

How Do You Know Poster

How Do You Know Feature Film2010

Spanglish Poster

Spanglish Feature Film2004

As Good as It Gets Poster

As Good as It Gets Feature Film1997

I'll Do Anything Poster

I'll Do Anything Feature Film1994

Broadcast News Poster

Broadcast News Feature Film1987

Terms of Endearment Poster

Terms of Endearment Feature Film1983

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