James L. Brooks

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film director film producer human screenwriter television producer television writer

James L. Brooks is an American writer, director, and producer best known for creating and producing acclaimed television series like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Simpsons" and for directing the Oscar-winning film "Terms of Endearment."

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James L. Brooks canonical 41

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television industry ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award
coCreated Taxi ⓘ
The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
The Simpsons ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
created The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-05-09 ⓘ
directed As Good as It Gets ⓘ
Broadcast News ⓘ
How Do You Know ⓘ
Spanglish ⓘ
Terms of Endearment ⓘ
executiveProduced The Simpsons ⓘ
familyName Brooks ⓘ
founded Gracie Films ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
name James L. Brooks self-link ⓘ
notableFor blend of comedy and drama ⓘ
character-driven storytelling ⓘ
notableWork As Good as It Gets ⓘ
Broadcast News ⓘ
Lou Grant ⓘ
Rhoda ⓘ
Taxi ⓘ
Terms of Endearment ⓘ
The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
The Simpsons ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
television writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
produced The Simpsons ⓘ

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Big → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
The Mary Tyler Moore Show → creator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
North Hollywood High School → hasNotableAlumnus → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Jerry Maguire → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Jerry Maguire (film) → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
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Spanglish → director → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Spanglish → writer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Phyllis → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Krusty the Clown → creator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
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Kodos → createdBy → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Taxi → creator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Murray Slaughter → creator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Modern Romance → starring → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Real Life → stars → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Broadcast News → director → James L. Brooks ⓘ
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Gracie Films → foundedBy → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Lou Grant → creator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Phyllis Lindstrom → createdBy → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Bottle Rocket → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
James L. Brooks → name → James L. Brooks self-link ⓘ
Jim Reardon → hasWorkedWith → James L. Brooks ⓘ
As Good as It Gets → director → James L. Brooks ⓘ
As Good as It Gets → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
As Good as It Gets → screenwriter → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Terms of Endearment → director → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Terms of Endearment → screenwriter → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Terms of Endearment → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Melvin Udall → screenwriterCreator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Rhoda → createdBy → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Rhoda Morgenstern → creator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
The Edge of Seventeen → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Starting Over → screenwriter → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Starting Over → producer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Michael Ballhaus → workedWith → James L. Brooks ⓘ
The Tracey Ullman Show → creator → James L. Brooks ⓘ
The Tracey Ullman Show → executiveProducer → James L. Brooks ⓘ
Louie De Palma in Taxi → creatorOfCharacter → James L. Brooks ⓘ
subject surface form: Louie De Palma