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  1. James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is a three-time Academy Award, nineteen-time Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American producer, writer, and movie director. He is best known for creating American television programs such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show , The Simpsons , Rhoda and Taxi .

  2. James L. Brooks is an Academy Award, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American television and movie director, producer and screenwriter. Brooks wrote for several shows before creating the series Room 222. Grant Tinker hired Brooks and producer Allan Burns at MTM Productions to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. The show was critically ...

  3. Nov 12, 2023 · James L. Brooks with Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. Bettman/Getty While some directors may have bristled at getting feedback from a star, Brooks didn’t mind hearing from one of the ...

  4. One of the few producer/director/writers to handle both movie and TV assignments with equal aplomb, James L. Brooks was born in Brooklyn and spent his college years in New York City. Following an apprenticeship with CBS news, Brooks went to work for documentary producer David L. Wolper. In 1969, Brooks broke into the non-documentary end of the ...

  5. Jun 6, 2018 · Anupama Chopra. 50 Films I Love. Jack Nicholson. As Good As It Gets. Helen Hunt. This love story about a New York novelist who falls in love with a waitress starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt has predictable beats but the writing, dialogue and performances push it to another level.

  6. Biography. 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 ...

  7. Nov 11, 2023 · Jack Nicholson hasn’t appeared in a movie for more than a decade, but director James L. Brooks wants to change that. Speaking with PEOPLE, Brooks, 83, who directed Nicholson in 1983’s Terms of ...