James L. Brooks
Since the late 1960s, writer-director-producer James L. Brooks was a powerful comedic force on both the big screen and on television, creating multi-awarding winning fare that also proved to be smashing popular hits. After getting his start as a writer on shows like "The Andy Griffith Show" (CBS, 1960-68) and "My Three Sons" (ABC/CBS, 1960-1972), Brooks created "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS, 1970-77), a groundbreaking sitcom centered around a single, independent woman that earned several Emmy Awards and became one of the most revered programs of all time. Brooks continued his television success with "Taxi" (ABC/NBC, 1978-1983) before experiencing Academy Award triumph with his sentimental, but not maudlin tragic-comedy, "Terms of Endearment" (1983). He followed up with "Broadcast News" (1987), a hilariously honest look at the complicated lives of people in the television news business, before creating with animator Matt Groening "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1990- ), an animated sitcom that became a cultural phenomenon and later a hugely successful movie in 2007. He had more critical and awards success with the heartwarming romantic comedy, "As Good As It Gets" (1997), which only confirmed his unique ability to create popular fare in all mediums that was also lauded by critics.
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James L. Brooks
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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97% |
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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | - | 2023 |
97% |
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Being Mary Tyler Moore | Self | - | 2023 |
99% |
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Producer | $20.3M | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens From Its Nap | Producer | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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The Good, the Bart, and the Loki | Producer | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Playdate With Destiny | Executive Producer | - | 2020 |
100% |
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Icebox | Producer | - | 2018 |
94% |
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The Edge of Seventeen | Producer | $14.4M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Maggie Simpson in the Longest Daycare | Screenwriter | - | 2012 |
31% |
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How Do You Know |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$30.2M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Dreams on Spec | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
87% |
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The Simpsons Movie |
Writer, Producer |
$183.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Simpsons Movie |
Writer, Producer |
- | 2007 |
54% |
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Spanglish |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
$42.0M | 2004 |
49% |
|
Riding in Cars With Boys | Producer | $29.8M | 2001 |
86% |
|
As Good as It Gets |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$147.6M | 1997 |
86% |
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Bottle Rocket | Executive Producer | $488.6K | 1996 |
85% |
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Jerry Maguire | Producer | $153.6M | 1996 |
67% |
|
I'll Do Anything |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$10.2M | 1994 |
83% |
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The War of the Roses | Producer | $84.1M | 1989 |
98% |
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Say Anything... | Executive Producer | $20.0M | 1989 |
98% |
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Big | Producer | $113.5M | 1988 |
98% |
|
Broadcast News |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$49.2M | 1987 |
81% |
|
Terms of Endearment |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
- | 1983 |
83% |
|
Modern Romance | David (Character) | - | 1981 |
75% |
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Starting Over | Producer | - | 1979 |
84% |
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Real Life | Driving Evaluator (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Thursday's Game |
Producer, Screenwriter |
- | 1974 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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85% | 76% | The Simpsons |
Himself (Guest Voice), Executive Producer |
1989-2024 |
38% | No Score Yet | What About Joan | Executive Producer | 2001 |
85% | 83% | The Critic | Executive Producer | 1994-1995 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Taxi |
Writer, Creator, Executive Producer |
1978-1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
Rabbi (Guest Star), Writer, Executive Producer |
1970-1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Writer | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doris Day Show | Writer | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning World | Writer | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Writer | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Writer | 1966-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Mother the Car | Writer | 1966 |