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James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Taxi , and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997).
James L. Brooks is an American filmmaker. He is known for his work as a writer-director-producer. He is known for his work as a writer-director-producer. Brooks is mostly known for his film work often directing films such as Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as it Gets (1997).
Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American family tragicomedy [3] film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel of the same name. It stars Debra Winger , Shirley MacLaine , Jack Nicholson , Danny DeVito , Jeff Daniels , and John Lithgow .
For writer-director James L. Brooks, that heightened comic tone was always essential when he first began working to adapt Larry McMurtry’s novel of the same name. His devotion led to …
James L. Brooks, who had previously founded John Charles Walters Company, founded Gracie Films at 20th Century Fox in 1986, with Polly Platt as executive vice president. . Named for comedian Gracie Allen, the company was established to "provide real writers with a vehicle to get their movies made
Broadcast News is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks.The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer (Holly Hunter) who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter (Albert Brooks), and the latter's charismatic but far less seasoned rival (William Hurt).
James L. Brooks looks back on his debut feature as a director, which won him 3 Oscars, reflecting on collaborators Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger and Polly Platt.
It’s Me, Margaret,” producer James L. Brooks and writer and director Kelly Fremon Craig made the pilgrimage to the beloved author’s home in Key West, Fla. “I spent most of our time with ...