What is James L. Brooks?
{{Infobox Actor | name = James L. Brooks | image =Jameslbrooks.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|5|9}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]] | spouse = Marianne Catherine Morrissey (1964 – ?) <br> Holly Beth Holmberg (1978 – ) | website = [http://www.graciefilms.com/ Gracie Films] | academyawards = }} '''James L. Brooks''' (born May 9, 1940) is a three-time [[Academy Award]], nineteen-time [[Emmy]] and [[Golden Globe]]-winning [[United States|American]] producer, writer, and [[movie director]]. He is best known for creating American [[television program]]s such as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''Rhoda'' and ''Taxi''. His best-known movie is ''Terms of Endearment'', for which he received three Academy Awards in [[1984]]. ==References== * {{cite web | title=BROOKS, JAMES L. entry | work=Museum of Broadcast Communications | url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brooksjames/brooksjames.htm | accessdate=2005-06-09 | archive-date=2013-09-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919180831/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brooksjames/brooksjames.htm | url-status=dead }} * {{cite web | title=James L Brooks Biography | work=All Movies Guide & Yahoo! Movies | url=https://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800020348&cf=biog&intl=us| accessdate=2005-06-09}} ==Other websites== * {{imdb name|id=0000985|name=James L. Brooks}} * [http://www.graciefilms.com/ Gracie Films Website] {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, James L.}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:American screenwriters]] [[Category:American Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]]