James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks

May 9, 1940 · 86 years old

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 (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997)…

Known For

20 titles
1
The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 · 22m · TV Show

The satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

8.6
2
The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie

2007 · 1h 27m · Movie

After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

7.3
3
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

1997 · 2h 19m · Movie

A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

7.7
4
Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire

1996 · 2h 19m · Movie

When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

7.3
5
Big

Big

1988 · 1h 44m · Movie

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.

7.3
6
The Edge of Seventeen

The Edge of Seventeen

2016 · 1h 44m · Movie

High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.

7.3
7
Say Anything

Say Anything

1989 · 1h 40m · Movie

A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.

7.3
8
Spanglish

Spanglish

2004 · 2h 11m · Movie

A woman and her daughter leave Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly-celebrated chef with an insecure wife.

6.4
9
Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket

1996 · 1h 31m · Movie

Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.

6.9
10
Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

1983 · 2h 12m · Movie

Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.

7.4
11
The War of the Roses

The War of the Roses

1989 · 1h 56m · Movie

A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.

6.8
12
How Do You Know

How Do You Know

2010 · 2h 1m · Movie

After being cut from the U.S.A. softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing ...

5.4
13
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

2023 · 1h 46m · Movie

Eleven-year-old Margaret moves from the city to the suburbs and starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship and adolescence. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who offers loving support, and her grandmother, Sylvia.

7.3
14
Broadcast News

Broadcast News

1987 · 2h 13m · Movie

A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming new anchor, who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.

7.3
15
Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 · 2h 12m · Movie

A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.

6.5
16
Ella McCay

Ella McCay

2025 · 1h 55m · Movie

An idealistic young woman juggles her family and work life in a comedy about the people you love and how to survive them.

5.2
17
Modern Romance

Modern Romance

1981 · 1h 33m · Movie

Albert Brooks directs himself as a successful film editor with far too many issues that affects the relationship between him and his remarkably patient girlfriend.

7.0
18
Starting Over

Starting Over

1979 · 1h 45m · Movie

A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This affects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel.

6.4
19
I'll Do Anything

I'll Do Anything

1994 · 1h 55m · Movie

An aspiring actor's life gets upended when his ex-wife dumps their bossy, wild little daughter into his custody.

5.5
20
When Billie Met Lisa

When Billie Met Lisa

2022 · 4m · Movie

Follows Lisa Simpson as she is unexpectedly discovered by chart-topping artists Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, and is invited to Billie's studio for an unforgettable special jam session.

5.1
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