James L. Brooks
Birthday
1940/05/09 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
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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 Moth...Read more
Acting
(2023) Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
(2023) Thank You Very Much
as Self
(2023) Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
as Self
(2015) Misery Loves Comedy
as Self
(2022) Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
(2011) James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) Lost in America
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1981) Modern Romance
as David
(2011) Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
as Self
(2016) Harry Benson: Shoot First
as Self
(2024) Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
as Self
(1979) Real Life
as Driving Evaluator
(2016) Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
(2007) Dreams on Spec
as Self
(2008) The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
as Self
(2019) Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
The Process
as ---
(1976) Audience Research
as Paul Reynold
(1989) The Simpsons
as James L. Brooks (voice)
(1989) Prisoners of Gravity
as Self
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Rabbi (uncredited)
(2018) The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
as Self