What is Richard Brooks?
{{Use American English|date=June 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Richard Brooks | image = RichardBrooks45.JPG | caption = Brooks in 1986 | birth_name = Reuben Sax | birth_date = May 18, 1912 | birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|3|11|1912|5|18}} | death_place = [[Studio City, Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * Film director * screenwriter * producer * novelist }} | spouse = {{marriage|[[Jean Brooks]]<br />|1941|1944|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|Harriette Levin<br />|1946|1957|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|[[Jean Simmons]]<br />|1960|1980|end=div}} | children = 1 }} '''Richard Brooks''' (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter. He was also a movie director, novelist and film producer. He got eight Oscar nominations. Notable works are ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]'' (1955), ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1958), ''[[Elmer Gantry (film)|Elmer Gantry]]'' (1960), ''[[In Cold Blood (film)|In Cold Blood]]'' (1967) and ''[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)|Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]'' (1977). He won an [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] for ''Elmer Gantry.'' Brooks worked with [[Mark Hellinger]] and [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brothers]]. Later he worked with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] and worked independently. == Movies == === MGM === : Credited as both writer and director (unless stated) * ''[[Crisis (1950 film)|Crisis]]'' (1950) * ''[[The Light Touch]]'' (1951) * ''[[Deadline – U.S.A.]]'' ([[20th Century Fox]], 1952) * ''[[Battle Circus (film)|Battle Circus]]'' (1953) * ''[[Take the High Ground!]]'' (1953), only director * ''[[Flame and the Flesh]]'' (1954), only director * ''[[The Last Time I Saw Paris]]'' (1954) * ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]'' (1955) * ''[[The Last Hunt]]'' (1956) * ''[[The Catered Affair]]'' (1956), only director * ''[[Something of Va