James L. Brooks

About James L. Brooks

He is well known for his work on The Simpsons and Terms of Endearment. Gracie Films, a television and film production firm, was formed by him.

James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter. His television and film work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, The Simpsons, Broadcast News, As Good as It Gets, and Terms of Endearment. While growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 to work on David L. Wolper's documentaries. After being laid off he met producer Allan Burns who secured him a job as a writer on the series My Mother the Car. Brooks wrote for several shows before being hired as a story editor on My Friend Tony and later created the series Room 222. Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns at MTM Productions to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970.

Children	4
Born	James Lawrence Brooks, May 9, 1940, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1965–present

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James L. Brooks before fame

When he worked on his high school newspaper, he had the opportunity to interview luminaries such as Louis Armstrong. His first work in the industry was writing for My Mother the Car, one of the most strange sitcoms in television history.

Achievement of James L. Brooks

Moore's husband, Grant Tinker, engaged him and producer Allan Burns to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$500 Million

James L. Brooks family life

In 1964, he married Marianne Catherine Morrissey, and in 1978, he married Holly Beth Holmberg.

Associations of James L. Brooks

While working as a producer on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987, he hired cartoonist Matt Groening to come up with some ideas for shorts. The Simpsons family was featured in the resulting shorts.

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