James L. Brooks Biography

James L. Brooks, Producer

Born as	James Lawrence Brooks
Occup.	Producer
From	USA
Born	May 9, 1940 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Age	83 years

James L. Brooks is an Emmy and also Academy Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, best recognized for his operate in television series as well as popular films. He was born on May 9, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York, but he was primarily elevated in North Bergen, New Jersey. Brooks grew up in a Jewish family along with his two older siblings, and also he had a passion for journalism from an early age.

After attending New York University, Brooks began his occupation as a tv information author and also producer, helping CBS and also later ABC. In the early 1970s, he teamed up with producer Allan Burns to develop the comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", which broadcast from 1970 to 1977. The show became a social sensation, getting important praise for its amusing writing and also modern representation of working ladies. Brooks and Burns took place to create various other successful television shows, including "Rhoda" and "Lou Grant".

In the 1980s, Brooks transformed his focus to film as well as guided his initial feature, "Terms of Endearment", which starred Shirley MacLaine as well as Debra Winger. The film was a crucial and industrial success, winning five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and also Best Director for Brooks.

Brooks remained to have success in the movie market with flicks like "Broadcast News", "As Good As It Gets" and also "Spanglish". He also went back to television with well-known shows like "The Simpsons" and "The Tracey Ullman Show".

Throughout his profession, Brooks has collaborated with a variety of talented collaborators, including stars Jack Nicholson, Holly Hunter, as well as William Hurt, in addition to writer-director Nancy Meyers and also producer Gracie Films.

Along with his operate in entertainment, Brooks has actually been involved in numerous civic and also humanitarian organizations. He has actually acted as a trustee of the American Film Institute, a board member of the Environmental Defense Fund, and also an advocate of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

In General, James L. Brooks is a respected as well as significant figure in both the tv and also film industries. His job has entertained as well as influenced target markets for years, and also his tradition continues to influence contemporary media today.

Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by James, under the main topic Time.

Related authors: Jack Nicholson (Actor), Grant Tinker (Musician), Luke Wilson (Actor), Tracey Ullman (Comedian), Shirley MacLaine (Actress), Mary Tyler Moore (Actress), Holly Hunter (Actress), William Hurt (Actor), Wes Anderson (Writer)

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16 Famous quotes by James L. Brooks

"I took some time out for life"

"You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world"

"Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!"

"I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy"

"I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy"

"A lot of things just aren't true any more"

"Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene"

"Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy"

"I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real"

"Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie"

"I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens"

"What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it"

"I have a lot of nightmares"

"Things get very distorted when you do a movie, weirdly so"

"I'm big on research"

"I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny"