Biography
James L. Brooks is an American writer, producer and director. He co-created the television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Taxi (1978), and co-developed The Simpsons (1989), on which he is credited as writer and executive producer.
Brooks founded Gracie Films and directed the feature films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987) and As Good as It Gets (1997). He has also produced films including Big (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996) and The Simpsons Movie (2007).
He received three Academy Awards for Terms of Endearment and numerous Emmy Awards for his television work.
