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James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks

Highest Rated:
98% Say Anything... (1989)
Lowest Rated:
32% How Do You Know (2010)
Birthday:
May 9, 1940
Birthplace:
North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
Bio:
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,…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 32% - 98%
Number of Movies: 16
Box Office Since 2001: $284.9M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2010 32% How Do You Know
  • Director
$30.2M
2007 90% The Simpsons Movie
  • Producer
  • Screenwriter
$183.0M
2007 Dreams on Spec
  • Actor
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2004 53% Spanglish
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
  • Director
$42.0M
2001 49% Riding in Cars with Boys
  • Producer
$29.6M
2000 'The Simpsons': America's First Family
  • Actor
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1997 86% As Good As It Gets
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
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1996 85% Jerry Maguire
  • Producer
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1994 61% I'll Do Anything
  • Screenwriter
  • Director
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1989 98% Say Anything...
  • Producer
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1988 96% Big
  • Producer
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1987 98% Broadcast News
  • Director
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1983 89% Terms of Endearment
  • Director
  • Producer
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1981 85% Modern Romance
  • David
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1979 88% Real Life
  • Evaluator
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1974 Thursday's Game
  • Producer
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James L. Brooks How Do You Know Interview Opens in new window
December 13, 2010

Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson in Talks for James L. Brooks' Latest Opens in new window
February 18, 2009

Cameron Crowe's Next Project Delayed Opens in new window
December 12, 2008

"The Simpsons Movie" Still Undergoing Plot Construction Opens in new window
April 30, 2007

Castellaneta Does Double Duty on "Simpsons Movie" Opens in new window
February 1, 2007

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