James L. Brooks
Production · Screenplay · Producer · Director
Born May 9, 1940 · North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
Active 1960–present · Awards: Writers Guild of America Award, Directors Guild of America Award, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Awards, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment…
Filmography
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition (2026) — Executive ProducerElla McCay (2025) — Director · Writer · ProducerThe Simpsons Movie 2 (2027) — ProducerThe Simpsons (1989) — James L. Brooks (voice) · Executive Producer · WriterThe Simpsons Movie (2007) — Screenplay · ProducerAs Good as It Gets (1997) — Director · Screenplay · ProducerBig (1988) — ProducerThe Edge of Seventeen (2016) — ProducerJerry Maguire (1996) — ProducerThe War of the Roses (1989) — ProducerSay Anything... (1989) — Executive ProducerTerms of Endearment (1983) — Director · Screenplay · ProducerBottle Rocket (1996) — Executive ProducerThe Good, the Bart, and the Loki (2021) — ProducerAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) — ProducerSpanglish (2004) — Director · Producer · WriterMaggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny" (2020) — Writer · ProducerBroadcast News (1987) — Director · Producer · WriterRiding in Cars with Boys (2001) — ProducerMaggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" (2012) — Writer · ProducerThe Andy Griffith Show (1960) — WriterThe Simpsons in Plusaversary (2021) — ProducerTaxi (1978) — Writer · Executive Producer · CreatorHow Do You Know (2010) — Director · Producer · Writer