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Richard Brooks

Highest Rated: 100% The Killers (1946)

Lowest Rated: 14% Fever Pitch (1985)

Birthday: May 18, 1912

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

A pioneering figure in independent filmmaking, writer-director Richard Brooks applied his journalistic background to his feature film career, in which he explored the best and worst in human behavior in films like "The Blackboard Jungle" (1955), "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), "The Professionals" (1966) and "In Cold Blood" (1967). Brooks moved from newspaper man and radio writer to penning scripts for noir films like "Brute Force" (1947) and "Key Largo" (1948), where he honed his talent for characters who operated on both sides of the law. After graduating to director in the 1950s, he earned an Oscar for writing "Elmer Gantry" (1960) and nominations for writing and directing "Blackboard," "Cat," and "The Professionals" before writing and directing his masterwork, the black-and-white docudrama "In Cold Blood" (1967). The film also served as the coda for his career, as Brooks would try and fail to meet its standard of quality for much of the next two decades. His best work, however, would stand the test of time, and ensure him a spot among the cinematic immortals.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 89% The Killers
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97% 92% Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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97% 88% Key Largo
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95% 87% Brute Force
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94% 87% Elmer Gantry
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89% 81% The Professionals
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89% 53% The Last Hunt
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86% 49% $ (Dollars)
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78% 71% Deadline U.S.A.
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76% 88% In Cold Blood
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THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS, Van Johnson, director Richard Brooks, filming in Cannes, 1954 BITE THE BULLET, Ian Bannen, Gene Hackman, director Richard Brooks, on-set, 1975 ELMER GANTRY, Jean Simmons, Burt Lancaster, director Richard Brooks, 1960 WRONG IS RIGHT, Cherie Michan, director, producer, screenwriter Richard Brooks, 1982, (c) Columbia Pictures WRONG IS RIGHT, director, producer, screenwriter Richard Brooks, 1982, (c) Columbia Pictures View more photos

Filmography

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Fever Pitch 14% 25% 1985 Director, Screenwriter Wrong Is Right 27% 39% 1982 Director, Producer Looking for Mr. Goodbar 61% 73% 1977 Director, Writer Bite the Bullet 73% 54% 1975 Director, Writer, Producer $ (Dollars) 86% 49% 1971 Director, Screenwriter The Happy Ending 33% 37% 1969 Director In Cold Blood 76% 88% 1967 Director, Writer, Producer The Professionals 89% 81% 1966 Director, Screenwriter Lord Jim 57% 56% 1965 Director, Producer, Writer Sweet Bird of Youth 74% 72% 1962 Director, Writer Elmer Gantry 94% 87% 1960 Director, Writer Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 97% 92% 1958 Director, Writer The Brothers Karamazov 25% 57% 1958 Director Something of Value 50% 48% 1957 Director The Last Hunt 89% 53% 1956 Director The Catered Affair 17% 71% 1956 Director Blackboard Jungle 74% 78% 1955 Director, Writer The Last Time I Saw Paris 70% 49% 1954 Director, Writer Flame and the Flesh 1954 Director Take the High Ground 27% 1953 Director Battle Circus 24% 1953 Director, Screenwriter Deadline U.S.A. 78% 71% 1952 Director, Screenwriter Storm Warning 63% 1951 Screenwriter The Light Touch 43% 1951 Director, Screenwriter Mystery Street 68% 1950 Screenwriter
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