---
name: "Adam Brooks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-brooks"
fi1m_id: "adam-brooks"
imdb_id: "nm0111845"
tmdb_id: 16328
wikidata_id: "Q348885"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 September 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T10:36:03.011600+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Brooks

## Identity

Adam Brooks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-brooks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-brooks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111845
- **TMDB ID:** 16328
- **Wikidata ID:** Q348885
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Brooks_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348885, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111845/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16328

Writer. Born 3 September 1956 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 September 1956, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Brooks_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348885, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111845/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16328

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Practical Magic*](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adam Brooks is a Canadian screenwriter, director and actor. Born in Toronto in 1956, he wrote the screenplay for *Practical Magic* (1998) with Robin Swicord and Akiva Goldsman. His other screenwriting credits include *French Kiss* (1995), *Beloved* (1998), *Wimbledon* (2004) and *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004).

Brooks made his feature debut as writer-director with *Almost You* (1985), which won the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He also wrote and directed *Definitely, Maybe* (2008) and *The Invisible Circus* (2001). He has created and written the television series *Imposters* (2017) and contributed to *Mozart in the Jungle*.

He has served as a council member and on the board of the Writers Guild of America East Foundation, and teaches film at the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts. He lives in New York City.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Practical Magic* (1998), Fi1m 60, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Life List* (2025), Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Partner Track* (2022), series, Director
- *These Days* (2021), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *An Orgy in Joshua Tree* (2019), Actor
- *Nappily Ever After* (2018), Screenplay
- *Imposters* (2017), series, as Rabbi at Wedding · Director, Writer, Creator
- *Lovesick* (2016), as Conrad
- *Mozart in the Jungle* (2014), series, as Middle Aged Man
- *Whatever Works* (2009), as Boris' Friend #1
- *Definitely, Maybe* (2008), Bookstore Owner, Director, Writer
- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Screenplay
- *Wimbledon* (2004), Writer
- *Vettam* (2004), Original Story
- *The Invisible Circus* (2001), Screenplay, Director
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Screenplay — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *Beloved* (1998), Screenplay
- *Subway Stories* (1997), Writer
- *Duke of Groove* (1996), Writer
- *French Kiss* (1995), as Perfect Passenger · Screenplay
- *Heads* (1994), Writer
- *Red Riding Hood* (1987), Director
- *Almost You* (1985), Director, Story
- *Reckless* (1984), Script Supervisor
- *Baby It's You* (1983), Script Supervisor
- *Lianna* (1983), Script Supervisor
- *Runaway Wedding*, Writer

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