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James L. Brooks was born on May 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as James Lawrence Brooks. He is a writer and producer, known for Broadcast News (1987), As Good as It Gets (1997) and Terms of Endearment (1983). He was previously married to Holly Holmberg Brooks and Marianne Catherine Morrissey.
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Writer (40 credits)
Writer (40 credits)
1989-2020
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (developed by - 669 episodes)
- Episode #32.1
(2020)
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- Episode #31.7
(2019)
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- Marge the Lumberjill
(2019)
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- Gorillas on the Mast
(2019)
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- Treehouse of Horror XXX
(2019)
... (creator - as James 'Barr the Teddy Bear' Brooks)
2007
The Simpsons Movie
(based on the television series "The Simpsons" developed by - uncredited) / (screenplay)
1994
De Sylvia Millecam Show
(TV Series) (original script - 3 episodes)
- U bent mijn moeder
(1994)
... (original script - uncredited)
- Nieuwe buren
(1994)
... (original script - uncredited)
- Goed nieuws is geen nieuws
... (original script - uncredited)
The Tracey Ullman Show
(TV Series) (created by - 80 episodes, 1987 - 1990) (written by - 5 episodes, 1987 - 1990)
- Episode #4.23
(1990)
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- Arms Control
(1990)
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- Her First Grownup
(1990)
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- Who Is He?
(1990)
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- Episode #4.19
(1990)
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Taxi
(TV Series) (created by - 114 episodes, 1978 - 1983) (written by - 1 episode, 1978)
- Simka's Monthlies
(1983)
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- A Grand Gesture
(1983)
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- Jim's Mario's
(1983)
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- Tony's Baby
(1983)
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- Arnie Meets the Kids
(1983)
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1977-1982
Lou Grant
(TV Series) (created by - 114 episodes)
- Charlie
(1982)
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- Victims
(1982)
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- Beachhead
(1982)
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- Suspect
(1982)
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- Unthinkable
(1982)
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1979-1980
The Associates
(TV Series) (created by - 13 episodes)
- Inferno
(1980)
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- Tucker's Co-Op
(1980)
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- The Out of Town Trip
(1980)
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- A Date with Johnny
(1980)
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- The Party
(1980)
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Rhoda
(TV Series) (created by - 110 episodes, 1974 - 1978) (written by - 2 episodes, 1974)
- Martin Swallows His Heart
(1978)
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- The Date in the Iron Mask
(1978)
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- Earl's Helping Hand
(1978)
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- Brenda Runs Away
(1978)
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- The Total Brenda
(1978)
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(TV Series) (created by - 168 episodes, 1970 - 1977) (written by - 6 episodes, 1970 - 1977)
- The Last Show
(1977)
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- Lou Dates Mary
(1977)
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- Mary's Big Party
(1977)
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- Mary's Three Husbands
(1977)
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- Murray Ghosts for Ted
(1977)
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1975-1977
Phyllis
(TV Series) (based on a character created by - 48 episodes)
- A Baby Makes Six
(1977)
... (based on a character created by)
- The Apartment
(1977)
... (based on a character created by)
- The Elopement
(1977)
... (based on a character created by)
- Audrey's New Life
(1977)
... (based on a character created by)
- Dan's Ex
(1977)
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Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
(TV Series) (created by - 15 episodes, 1974 - 1975) (written by - 1 episode, 1974)
- From Russia with Lust
(1975)
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- The Groupie
(1974)
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- Just the Ticket
(1974)
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- All's Well That Ends
(1974)
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- Maid in the Snow
(1974)
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Room 222
(TV Series) (created by - 113 episodes, 1969 - 1974) (written by - 1 episode, 1969)
- Jason and Big Mo
(1974)
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- Cry Uncle
(1974)
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- I Didn't Raise My Girl to Be a Soldier
(1974)
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- MPG
(1973)
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- El Greco to Jason
(1973)
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1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
(TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- Youth Takes Over
(1968)
... (written by - as Jim Brooks)
1968
My Three Sons
(TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- The Perfect Separation
(1968)
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1968
The Andy Griffith Show
(TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- Emmett's Brother-in-Law
(1968)
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- The Mayberry Chef
(1968)
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Accidental Family
(TV Series) (1 episode, 1967) (teleplay - 1 episode, 1967)
- The Making of a Vegetarian
(1967)
... (as Jim Brooks)
- Hot Kid in a Cold Town
(1967)
... (teleplay - as Jim Brooks)
1966-1967
That Girl
(TV Series) (written by - 3 episodes)
- Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman
(1967)
... (written by - as Jim Brooks)
- Rain, Snow and Rice
(1967)
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- Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid
(1966)
... (written by - as Jim Brooks)
1965-1966
Time-Life Specials: The March of Time
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 3 episodes)
- The Enterprise in Action
(1966)
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- The Odyssey of the Automobile
(1965)
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- And Away We Go
(1965)
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1966
My Mother the Car
(TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- The Blabbermouth
(1966)
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- It Might as Well Be Spring as Not
(1966)
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1965
Men in Crisis
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Halsey vs Yamamoto
(1965)
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- Kennedy vs Khrushchev
(1965)
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Producer (41 credits)
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Miscellaneous Crew (12 credits)
Miscellaneous Crew (12 credits)
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Director (6 credits)
Director (6 credits)
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Soundtrack (2 credits)
Soundtrack (2 credits)
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Actor (5 credits)
Actor (5 credits)
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Thanks (18 credits)
Thanks (18 credits)
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Self (62 credits)
Self (62 credits)
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Archive footage (3 credits)
Archive footage (3 credits)
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In 1972, he produced an unsold comedy anthology pilot called "The Class of '55", which would show what happened to the graduates of a fictional college seventeen years after the fact. The pilot starred Alan Alda and Louise Lasser. See more »Alternate Names:
Chains Hell Brooks | James 'Barr the Teddy Bear' Brooks | James 'Bemused But Bloodthirsty' Brooks | James 'Bemused but Bloodthirsty' Brooks | James 'Dangerous Though Cuddly' Brooks | James 'Even More Dangerous Than He Looks' Brooks | James 'Give Me Gluten!' Brooks | James 'Ha-Ha The Truth is Unknowable' Brooks | James 'Ha-Ha the Truth Is Unknowable' Brooks | James 'Haha The Devil Bought Facebook' Brooks | James 'Haha the Devil Bought Facebook' Brooks | James 'I'm Scared in Real Life' Brooks | James 'I'm Scarier Than Kavanaugh' Brooks | James 'I'm Voting For The Candidate You're Most Scared Of' Brooks | James 'Just One Hug' Brooks | James 'The Tooth Fairy Is a Criminal' Brooks | James 'The Tooth Fairy is a Criminal' Brooks | James 'What's Grim About the Reaper?' Brooks | James 'You Have No Idea How Much You Frighten Me' Brooks | James 'You're Scared Enough' Brooks | James 'Your Scared Enough' Brooks | James Hell Brooks | James L. "I'm Thinking of You Naked" Brooks | James L. 'I'm Thinking of You Naked' Brooks | James L. 'What Isn't Scary?' Brooks | James Brooks | Jim Brooks | Maims Hell Brooks | Veins Hell Brooks | The Truth is Unknowable' Brooks James 'Ha-HaHeight:
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[in 2014] The great thing in television, usually the writer's in charge. It's the one place. In movies it's certainly not true. But in television it's true and there's something--the inmates running the asylum and all that. And there's something to that. Right now, there are so many great shows that are truly authored. It's a place where writers are in charge. Right now, a lot of the great things... See more »Trivia:
Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Writers Branch) [2006-] See more »Trademark:
Writes at least one character who is an obsessive-compulsive or has OCD (Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment (1983), Holly Hunter in Broadcast News (1987), Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets (1997), Téa Leoni in Spanglish (2004)). See more »Nickname:
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