James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks

Known for: Production
Biography: 1940-05-09 (83 years old)

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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.

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Filmography

all 82

Movies 57

TV Shows 25

Producer 24

Writer 24

self 19

Director 6

Self
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)

Movie
Self
Thank You Very Much

Thank You Very Much (2023)

Movie
Producer
Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One

Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One (2023)

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

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)

Movie
6
Self
Being Mary Tyler Moore

Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)

Movie
Producer
The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in Feliz Navidad

The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in Feliz Navidad (2022)

Movie
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (2022)

Movie
Producer
Welcome to the Club

Welcome to the Club (2022)

Movie
Producer
The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa

The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa (2022)

Movie
Producer
The Simpsons in Plusaversary

The Simpsons in Plusaversary (2021)

Movie
7.5
Producer
The Simpsons - Balenciaga

The Simpsons - Balenciaga (2021)

Movie
Producer
The Simpsons: The Good, the Bart, and the Loki

The Simpsons: The Good, the Bart, and the Loki (2021)

Movie
4.5
Producer
Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"

Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap" (2021)

Movie
5
Writer
ENHYPEN&Hi

ENHYPEN&Hi (2020)

TV
Writer
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny" (2020)

Movie
6.78
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019)

Movie
Self
1989: The Year that Made Us

1989: The Year that Made Us (2019)

TV
Producer
Icebox

Icebox (2018)

Movie
Self
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018)

TV
6
Producer
The Edge of Seventeen

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

Movie
7.6
Self
Harry Benson: Shoot First

Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)

Movie
Writer
Planet of the Couches

Planet of the Couches (2016)

Movie
Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master

Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)

Movie
Self - Interviewee
Misery Loves Comedy

Misery Loves Comedy (2015)

Movie
Thanks
Ride

Ride (2014)

Movie
10
Writer
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" (2012)

Movie
6.29
Self - Co-Creator, The Mary Tyler Moore Show / Self - Creator, Taxi / Self - Executive Producer, The Simpsons
America in Primetime

America in Primetime (2011)

TV
Thanks
50/50

50/50 (2011)

Movie
6.67
Self
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood (2011)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice

James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice (2011)

Movie
Director
How Do You Know

How Do You Know (2010)

Movie
7
Self
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' (2008)

Movie
Thanks
A Terrifying Message from Al Gore

A Terrifying Message from Al Gore (2007)

Movie
Writer
The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

Movie
6.55
Self
Dreams on Spec

Dreams on Spec (2007)

Movie
Director / Producer / Writer
Spanglish

Spanglish (2004)

Movie
6
Writer
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)

Movie
Producer
Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Movie
9
Producer
What About Joan?

What About Joan? (2001)

TV
Scenario Writer
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV (1999)

Movie
Director
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets (1997)

Movie
7.17
Producer
Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Movie
4
Executive Producer
Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket (1996)

Movie
5.72
Director
I'll Do Anything

I'll Do Anything (1994)

Movie
5.74
Producer
The Critic

The Critic (1994)

TV
4.67
Producer
Phenom

Phenom (1993)

TV
Producer
Sibs

Sibs (1992)

TV
Thanks
My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Movie
5.75
Executive Producer
The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show

The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show (1990)

Movie
James L. Brooks (voice) / Development Manager / Executive Producer / Writer
The Simpsons

The Simpsons (1989)

TV
6.75
Producer
The War of the Roses

The War of the Roses (1989)

Movie
8
Self
Prisoners of Gravity

Prisoners of Gravity (1989)

TV
Executive Producer
Say Anything...

Say Anything... (1989)

Movie
6
Producer
Big

Big (1988)

Movie
6.21
Director
Broadcast News

Broadcast News (1987)

Movie
5
Writer
The Tracey Ullman Show

The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)

TV
6
Thanks
Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

Movie
10
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lost in America

Lost in America (1985)

Movie
Director
Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment (1983)

Movie
6.75
David
Modern Romance

Modern Romance (1981)

Movie
Writer
Carlton Your Doorman

Carlton Your Doorman (1980)

Movie
Writer
Starting Over

Starting Over (1979)

Movie
Writer
The Associates

The Associates (1979)

TV
Driving Evaluator
Real Life

Real Life (1979)

Movie
Writer
Taxi

Taxi (1978)

TV
6.02
Writer
Cindy

Cindy (1978)

Movie
Writer
Lou Grant

Lou Grant (1977)

TV
Paul Reynold
Audience Research

Audience Research (1976)

Movie
Writer
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974)

TV
Writer
Rhoda

Rhoda (1974)

TV
Writer
Thursday's Game

Thursday's Game (1974)

Movie
Creator / Executive Producer / Rabbi (uncredited) / Writer
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)

TV
6.67
Writer
Room 222

Room 222 (1969)

TV
6
Writer
The Doris Day Show

The Doris Day Show (1968)

TV
Writer
Accidental Family

Accidental Family (1967)

TV
Writer
That Girl

That Girl (1966)

TV
6
Writer
My Mother the Car

My Mother the Car (1965)

TV
Writer
The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

TV
6
Self
The Process

The Process

Movie
Director
Ella McCay

Ella McCay

Movie
Self
Naked Hollywood

Naked Hollywood

TV
Writer
The Springfield Files

The Springfield Files

TV

Ratings

Average 6.3
Based on 2.89 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1960
1985
2001
1989
2023
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Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1940-05-09 (83 years old)

Birth Place
Brooklyn, United States

Citizenships
United States

Awards
National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Writers Guild of America Award, Directors Guild of America Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture


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