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James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940), known professionally as James L. Brooks, is a producer, writer, and film director.
He is best known for producing classic TV shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons, Rhoda, Taxi, and The Tracey Ullman Show. His best-known film is his directorial debut, Terms of Endearment, for which he received three Academy Awards in 1984. He has also voiced himself in the episode "A Star Is Born Again". He was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends, The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem, The Simpsons: Access All Areas, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, and The Simpsons: America's First Family. He will get a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2015.[1]
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 Trivia
- 3 Credits
- 3.1 Developer
- 3.2 Executive producer
- 3.3 Executive creative consultant
- 3.4 Special thanks to
- 3.5 Creative consultant
- 3.6 The Simpsons executive producer
- 3.7 Written by
- 3.8 Producer
- 3.9 Produced by
- 3.10 For The Simpsons
- 3.11 Executive soundtrack album producer
- 3.12 Parody lyrics by
- 3.13 Hans Zimmer would like to thank
- 3.14 Interviewee
- 3.15 Commentary
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Biography
James L. Brooks was raised in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. Brooks began his television career as a writer for CBS News from 1964 to 1966. 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 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.
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.
Brooks later started his own film and television production company, Gracie Films, in 1984. Gracie Films would produce the television series The Tracey Ullman Show and its spin-off, The Simpsons. He also produced the Jon Lovitz animated series The Critic. Gracie Films' notable film productions were Jerry Maguire, As Good as It Gets, Bottle Rocket, and Broadcast News.
Brooks had a cameo in the The Simpsons episode "A Star Is Born Again". He also played a semi-fictional version of himself in friend Albert Brooks' comedy Modern Romance as an opinionated film director.
Trivia
Brooks was well known for being in the studio audience of many shows that he produced in the mid 70s. Viewers can usually tell whether Brooks was in the audience by his distinctive loud guffaw. He would also make an occasional uncredited cameo appearance.
Brooks was a producer in the 1989 film War of the Roses, which Dan Castellaneta appeared in. This marked the first time a producer and actor worked on a project together outside of The Simpsons.
Credits
Developer
Executive producer
Executive creative consultant
Special thanks to
Creative consultant
The Simpsons executive producer
Written by
Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues ("Sibling Rivalry")
Special – The Longest Daycare - Special – Playdate with Destiny
Producer
Produced by
For The Simpsons
- Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
- Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
- Album – The Simpsons: Testify
Executive soundtrack album producer
Parody lyrics by
Hans Zimmer would like to thank
Interviewee
Commentary
Commentary – Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire - Commentary – Bart the Genius
- Commentary – Bart the General
- Commentary – Life on the Fast Lane
- Commentary – Some Enchanted Evening
References
External links
James L. Brooks at the Internet Movie Database
James L. Brooks at Wikipedia
James L. Brooks at MobyGames
- Active cast and crew
- Cast and crew
- Showrunners
- Writers
- Executive producers
- Season 14 guest stars
- The Simpsons: America's First Family interviewees
- Interviewees
- The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! interviewees
- Music producers
- Songwriters
- Music crew
- Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning crew
- Consultants
- Special thanks
- The Simpsons Bowling cast and crew
- The Simpsons: Hit & Run cast and crew
- The Simpsons Game cast and crew
- The Simpsons Sing the Blues crew
- Songs in the Key of Springfield crew
- Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons crew
- The Simpsons Movie: The Music crew
- The Simpsons: Testify crew
- The Simpsons Ride cast and crew
