Mel Brooks

About Mel Brooks

Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, High Anxiety, The Producers, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights were all directed by him. He is a member of an exclusive group of entertainers who have won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tony Awards.

Mel Brooks is an American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer, and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart. Together with Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man. He wrote, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970. In middle age, Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of the year they were released. His best-known films include The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007, and was remade into a musical film in 2005.

Years active	1949–present
Occupation	Director, writer, actor, comedian, producer, composer
Education	Brooklyn College (attended, no degree)
Born	Melvin Kaminsky, June 28, 1926, New York City, U.S.
Children	4, including Max Brooks

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Trivia

In 2000, the American Film Institute released a list of the top 100 comedy films of all-time and Brooks had three films in the top 20: Blazing Saddles (#6), The Producers (#11) and Young Frankenstein (#13).

Mel Brooks before fame

Buddy Rich taught him how to play the drums when he was a teenager. In 1961, he and fellow comic star Carl Reiner devised a comedy sketch called The 2000 Year Old Man, which catapulted his comedy career to new heights.

Achievement of Mel Brooks

In 2000, the American Film Institute released a list of the top 100 comedy films of all-time and Brooks had three films in the top 20: Blazing Saddles (#6), The Producers (#11) and Young Frankenstein (#13).

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$100 Million

Mel Brooks family life

After meeting at a rehearsal for The Perry Como Variety Show, he married actress Anne Bancroft on August 5, 1964, after initially marrying Florence Baum in 1951. Max, Nicky, and Eddie are his three kids, while Stephanie is his daughter.

Associations of Mel Brooks

Brooks and actor Gene Wilder worked together frequently because Wilder starred in two of Brooks' most well-known films, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

Mel Brooks Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	165 cm
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Family Members

Name	Relationship	Net worth	Profession
Bernie Kaminsky	Brother		N/A
Irving Kaminsky	Brother		N/A
Lenny Kaminsky	Brother		N/A
Stephanie Brooks	Daughter		N/A
James Kaminsky	Father		N/A
Florence Baum	Former spouse		N/A
Samantha Brooks	Granddaughter		N/A
Kate Kaminsky	Mother		N/A
Nicky Brooks	Son		N/A
Eddie Brooks	Son		N/A
Max Brooks	Son	$20 Million	Writer
Anne Bancroft	Spouse	$20 Million	Actor