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[[Image:Jameslbrooks.jpg|thumb|right|James L. Brooks]]
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{{Nav|series executive producer|For the character|James L. Brooks (character)}}
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|first episode= "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
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|first game= ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]''
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|latest game= ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
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|first album= ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''
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|latest album= ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''
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|first short= ''[[The Longest Daycare]]''
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'''James L. Brooks''' (born May 9, 1940) is an producer, writer, and film director.  
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'''James Lawrence Brooks''' (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of [[Gracie Films]]. He currently serves as an executive producer and executive creative consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He also voiced {{Ch|James L. Brooks|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 got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2015.<ref>[http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/walk-of-fame-2015-honorees-revealed-1201223538/ Variety - Walk of Fame 2015 Honorees Revealed]</ref>
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production|Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production}}}}
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{{TB|[[2007]]<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|10}}
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{{TRs|[[1990]]<ref name="Emmy42Anim">[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"]</ref>|2}}
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{{TB|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1991]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1992]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Radio Bart]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1995]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1997]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[1998]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Trash of the Titans]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[1999]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2000]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Behind the Laughter]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|10}}
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{{TB|[[2001]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2002]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[She of Little Faith]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2003]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Three Gays of the Condo]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2004]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Way We Weren't]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2005]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Future-Drama]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2006]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2007]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2008]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2009]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Maggie Gone]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|8}}
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{{TBT|[[2011]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]"}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|11}}
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{{TB|[[2012]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2013]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2013/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2015]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2016]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Halloween of Horror]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2017]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Town]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2018]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Boy]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2019]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Mad About the Toy]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2020]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{TBT|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Pixelated and Afraid]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2023]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXIII]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program}}}}
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{{TB|[[2017]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-creative-achievement-in-interactive-media-within-a-scripted-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program - 2017"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[Planet of the Couches]]''}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program}}|2}}
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{{TB|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[The Force Awakens from Its Nap]]''}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[When Billie Met Lisa]]''}}
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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.
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== Credits ==
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=== Written by ===
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*{{alb|The Simpsons Sing the Blues|("[[Sibling Rivalry]]")}}
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{{TC}}
  
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==Biography==
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=== Developed by ===
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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''.
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{{Season16A|all=yes|E1n=as James "Dangerous Though Cuddly" Brooks}}
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{{Season17A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Even More Dangerous Than He Looks" Brooks}}
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{{Season18A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Bemused But Bloodthirsty" Brooks}}
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{{Season21A|all=yes|E4n=as James L. "I'm Thinking of You Naked" Brooks}}
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{{Season23A|all=yes|E3n=as James L. "What Isn't Scary?" Brooks}}
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{{Season24A|all=yes|E2n=as James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks}}
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{{Season25A|all=yes|E2n=as James "The Tooth Fairy is a Criminal" Brooks}}
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{{Season26A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Give Me Gluten!" Brooks}}
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{{Season27A|all=yes|E5n=as James "You Have No Idea How Much You Frighten Me" Brooks}}
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{{Season28A|all=yes|E4n=as James "I'm Voting for the Candidate You're Most Scared of" Brooks}}
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{{Season29A|all=yes|E4n=as James "You're Scared Enough" Brooks}}
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{{Season30A|all=yes|E4n=as James "I'm Scarier Than Kavanaugh" Brooks}}
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{{Season31A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Barr the Teddy Bear" Brooks}}
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{{Season32A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Your Terror is Appropriate" Brooks}}
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{{Season33A|all=yes|E3n=as James "I Refuse to Scare You Any Further Than You Are" Brooks}}
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{{Season34A|all=yes|E6n=as James L. "You're Suppressing a Scream, Admit It!" Brooks}}
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{{Season35A|all=yes|E5n=as James (I Blame You, That's Right - You!) Brooks}}
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''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''.
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=== Executive producer ===
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{{Season16A|all=yes|E1n=as James "Dangerous Though Cuddly" Brooks}}
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{{Season17A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Even More Dangerous Than He Looks" Brooks}}
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{{Season18A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Bemused But Bloodthirsty" Brooks}}
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{{Season21A|all=yes|E4n=as James L. "I'm Thinking of You Naked" Brooks}}
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{{Season22A|all=yes}}
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{{Season23A|all=yes|E3n=as James L. "What Isn't Scary?" Brooks}}
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{{Season24A|all=yes|E2n=as James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks}}
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{{Season25A|all=yes|E2n=as James "The Tooth Fairy is a Criminal" Brooks}}
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{{Season26A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Give Me Gluten!" Brooks}}
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{{Season27A|all=yes|E5n=as James "You Have No Idea How Much You Frighten Me" Brooks}}
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{{Season28A|all=yes|E4n=as James "I'm Voting for the Candidate You're Most Scared of" Brooks}}
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{{Season29A|all=yes|E4n=as James "You're Scared Enough" Brooks}}
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{{Season30A|all=yes|E4n=as James "I'm Scarier Than Kavanaugh" Brooks}}
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{{Season31A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Barr the Teddy Bear" Brooks}}
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{{Season32A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Your Terror is Appropriate" Brooks}}
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{{Season33A|all=yes|E3n=as James "I Refuse to Scare You Any Further Than You Are" Brooks}}
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{{Season34A|all=yes|E6n=as James L. "You're Suppressing a Scream, Admit It!" Brooks}}
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{{Season35A|all=yes|E5n=as James (I Blame You, That's Right - You!) Brooks}}
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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.
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=== Executive creative consultant ===
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{{Season8A|all=yes|E1n=as James Hell Brooks}}
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{{Season9A|all=yes|E4n=as Chains Hell Brooks}}
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{{Season11A|all=yes|E4n=as Maims Hell Brooks}}
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{{Season12A|all=yes|E1n=as Maims Hell Brooks}}
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{{Season15A|all=yes|E1n=as James "Just One Hug" Brooks}}
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{{Season16A|all=yes|E1n=as James "Dangerous Though Cuddly" Brooks}}
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{{Season17A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Even More Dangerous Than He Looks" Brooks}}
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{{Season18A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Bemused But Bloodthirsty" Brooks}}
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{{Season19A|all=yes}}
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{{Season20A|all=yes}}
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{{Season21A|all=yes|E4n=as James L. "I'm Thinking of You Naked" Brooks}}
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{{Season22A|all=yes}}
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{{Season23A|all=yes|E3n=as James L. "What Isn't Scary?" Brooks}}
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{{Season24A|all=yes|E2n=as James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks}}
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{{Season25A|all=yes|E2n=as James "The Tooth Fairy is a Criminal" Brooks}}
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{{Season26A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Give Me Gluten!" Brooks}}
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{{Season27A|all=yes|E5n=as James "You Have No Idea How Much You Frighten Me" Brooks}}
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{{Season28A|all=yes|E4n=as James "I'm Voting for the Candidate You're Most Scared of" Brooks}}
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{{Season29A|all=yes|E4n=as James "You're Scared Enough" Brooks}}
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{{Season30A|all=yes|E4n=as James "I'm Scarier Than Kavanaugh" Brooks}}
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{{Season31A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Barr the Teddy Bear" Brooks}}
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{{Season32A|all=yes|E4n=as James "Your Terror is Appropriate" Brooks}}
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{{Season33A|all=yes|E3n=as James "I Refuse to Scare You Any Further Than You Are" Brooks}}
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{{Season34A|all=yes|E6n=as James L. "You're Suppressing a Scream, Admit It!" Brooks}}
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{{Season35A|all=yes|E5n=as James (I Blame You, That's Right - You!) Brooks}}
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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''.
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=== Special thanks to ===
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*{{game|The Simpsons Bowling}}
  
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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.
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=== Creative consultant ===
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*{{game|The Simpsons: Hit & Run}}
  
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== Trivia ==
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=== The Simpsons executive producer ===
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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 appearence.
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*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
  
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==Noted filmography==
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=== Producer ===
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* ''Spanglish'' (2004)  (director)
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*{{spec|The Simpsons Ride}}
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* ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997)  (director)
 
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Latest revision as of 19:36, March 28, 2024

This article is about series executive producer. For For the character, see James L. Brooks (character).
James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Producer
Writer
Birth date: May 9, 1940 (1940-05-09) (age 83)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 765
Seasons active: Season 1 - Present
First short: The Longest Daycare
Most recent short: Rogue Not Quite One
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Cremains of the Day"
First game: The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Most recent game: The Simpsons Game
Song: "Sibling Rivalry"
First album: The Simpsons Sing the Blues
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He currently serves as an executive producer and executive creative consultant for The Simpsons. He 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 got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2015.[1]

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2007[2] The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1990[3] "Life on the Fast Lane" Won
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Nominated
1991[4] "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Won
1992[5] "Radio Bart" Nominated
1995[6] "Lisa's Wedding" Won
1996[7] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated
1997[8] "Homer's Phobia" Won
1998[9] "Trash of the Titans"
1999[10] "Viva Ned Flanders" Nominated
2000[11] "Behind the Laughter" Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2001[12] "HOMЯ"
2002[13] "She of Little Faith" Nominated
2003[14] "Three Gays of the Condo" Won
2004[15] "The Way We Weren't" Nominated
2005[16] "Future-Drama"
2006[17] "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Won
2007[18] "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Nominated
2008[19] "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Won
2009[20] "Gone Maggie Gone" Nominated
2011[21] "Angry Dad: The Movie"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2012[22] "Holidays of Future Passed"
2013[23] "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
2015[24] "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
2016[25] "Halloween of Horror"
2017[26] "The Town"
2018[27] "Gone Boy"
2019[28] "Mad About the Toy" Won
2020[29] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2021[30] "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
2022[31] "Pixelated and Afraid"
2023[32] "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program 2017[33] Planet of the Couches Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 2021[34] The Force Awakens from Its Nap
2022[35] When Billie Met Lisa



Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Developed by[edit]

Executive producer[edit]

Executive creative consultant[edit]

Special thanks to[edit]

Creative consultant[edit]

The Simpsons executive producer[edit]

Producer[edit]

Produced by[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

Executive soundtrack album producer[edit]

Parody lyrics by[edit]

Hans Zimmer would like to thank[edit]

Interviewee[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Variety - Walk of Fame 2015 Honorees Revealed
  2. ↑ The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  3. ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"
  5. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"
  6. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"
  7. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
  8. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"
  9. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"
  10. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"
  11. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"
  12. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"
  13. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"
  14. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"
  15. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"
  16. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"
  17. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"
  18. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"
  19. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"
  20. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"
  21. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"
  22. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"
  23. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"
  24. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"
  25. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"
  26. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"
  27. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"
  28. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"
  29. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"
  30. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"
  31. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"
  32. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"
  33. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program - 2017"
  34. ↑ Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"
  35. ↑ Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"


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