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James L. Brooks

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Birth Name: James Lawrence Brooks

Age: 84, born 9 May 1940

Country of origin: United States


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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 items)
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Published 7 years, 2 months ago 14 comments
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Academy Award Records (68 items)
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Published 13 years, 7 months ago 7 comments
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The Simpsons' Special Guests (407 items)
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Published 15 years, 10 months ago 6 comments
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A Movie for every Director (part 3) (100 items)
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Published 11 years, 7 months ago
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Academy Award Winning Directors (27 items)
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Published 12 years, 6 months ago 5 comments

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Description: Born on May 9, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York, James L. Brooks's television series Room 222 won an Emmy Award in 1970. As the decade progressed, Brooks created a number of iconic TV shows, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi. In 1984, he won Academy Awards for writing, producing and directing Terms of Endearment. Brooks also helped develop The Simpsons and had another hit film with As Good as It Gets (1997). James Lawrence Brooks, who is generally known as James L. Brooks, was born on May 9, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York. After growing up in New Jersey, Brooks enrolled at New York University in 1958. He dropped out of sch ... (more)
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1. The Simpsons (1989)
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1. The Simpsons (1989)
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5821 Watched
2. Taxi (1978)
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1. Real Life (1979)
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Every Best Director Winner (71 person items)

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Top Grossing Directors (200 person items)
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Little Miss Sunshine (1996) (8 movies items)

"Director!"


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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)

"Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment (1983) - As Good as it Gets (1997) - How Do You Know (2010) "