A producer, screenwriter, director, and occasional actor whose works are usually critical hits.
Friends and collaborators with music composer
Hans Zimmer.
Has his own production company.
Won
Academy Awards for picture, director and screenplay for
Terms Of Endearment, and was also nominated for producing
Broadcast News,
Jerry Maguire, and
As Good as It Gets and for writing
Broadcast News and
As Good as It Gets. He is one of only seven directors to win for writing, directing and producing a film.
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Gracie FilmsBrooks' production company, established in 1984 and named for comedienne Gracie Allen.
The
vanity plate takes place in a cinema room where a lady shushes noisy attendees as the lights dim, and the words "GRACIE FILMS" appear on screen while accompanied by a
catchy, jazzy, jingle composed by Jeffrey Townsend.
Some people have said that the jingle was inspired by the chorus of the Go West! song "The King of Wishful Thinking,"
but the logo and jingle actually predate the song by a couple of years.
Notable works with the involvement of Brooks and or Gracie Films...or just Brooks:
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