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  • The Simpsons Movie

At Home

  • How Do You Know

  • The Simpsons Movie

  • Modern Romance

  • Starting Over

  • Spanglish

  • I'll Do Anything

  • Riding in Cars With Boys

  • Say Anything...

  • The War of the Roses

  • Terms of Endearment

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James L. Brooks Movies

  • Profession: Screenwriter, Producer, Executive Producer, Director
  • Born: May 9, 1940
  • Died: Jan 1, 0001
  • Biography: One of the few producer/director/writers to handle both movie and TV assignments with equal aplomb, James L. Brooks was born in Brooklyn and spent his college years in New York City. Following an apprenticeship with CBS news, Brooks went to work... Continued
Movie Role(s) Year
How Do You Know Director / Producer / Screenwriter 2010
The Simpsons Movie Producer / Screenwriter 2007
Spanglish Director / Producer / Screenwriter 2004
Riding in Cars With Boys Producer 2001
As Good As It Gets Director / Producer / Screenwriter 1997
Jerry Maguire Producer 1996
Bottle Rocket Executive Producer / Producer 1996
The War of the Roses Co-producer 1989
Say Anything... Executive Producer 1989
Big Producer 1988
Broadcast News Director / Producer / Screenwriter 1987
Terms of Endearment Director / Producer / Screenwriter 1983
Modern Romance David 1981
I'll Do Anything Director / Producer / Screenwriter
Real Life Evaluator
Starting Over Producer / Screenwriter

Worked With

Actor
Movie
Year
Reese Witherspoon How Do You Know 2010
Paul Rudd How Do You Know 2010
Owen Wilson How Do You Know 2010
Jack Nicholson How Do You Know 2010
Kathryn Hahn How Do You Know 2010
Mark Linn-Baker How Do You Know 2010
Dan Castellaneta The Simpsons Movie 2007
Julie Kavner The Simpsons Movie 2007
Yeardley Smith The Simpsons Movie 2007
Nancy Cartwright The Simpsons Movie 2007
Adam Sandler Spanglish 2004
Téa Leoni Spanglish 2004
Paz Vega Spanglish 2004
Cloris Leachman Spanglish 2004
Sarah Steele Spanglish 2004
Drew Barrymore Riding in Cars With Boys 2001
Steve Zahn Riding in Cars With Boys 2001
Brittany Murphy Riding in Cars With Boys 2001
Adam Garcia Riding in Cars With Boys 2001
Lorraine Bracco Riding in Cars With Boys 2001
James Woods Riding in Cars With Boys 2001
Helen Hunt As Good As It Gets 1997
Greg Kinnear As Good As It Gets 1997
Cuba Gooding, Jr. As Good As It Gets 1997
Skeet Ulrich As Good As It Gets 1997
Shirley Knight As Good As It Gets 1997
Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire 1996
Renée Zellweger Jerry Maguire 1996
Kelly Preston Jerry Maguire 1996
Jay Mohr Jerry Maguire 1996
Jerry O'Connell Jerry Maguire 1996
Luke Wilson Bottle Rocket 1996
James Caan Bottle Rocket 1996
Michael Douglas The War of the Roses 1989
Kathleen Turner The War of the Roses 1989
Danny DeVito The War of the Roses 1989
Sean Astin The War of the Roses 1989
John Cusack Say Anything... 1989
Ione Skye Say Anything... 1989
John Mahoney Say Anything... 1989
Lili Taylor Say Anything... 1989
Tom Hanks Big 1988
Elizabeth Perkins Big 1988
John Heard Big 1988
Robert Loggia Big 1988
David Moscow Big 1988
William Hurt Broadcast News 1987
Albert Brooks Broadcast News 1987
Holly Hunter Broadcast News 1987
Robert Prosky Broadcast News 1987
Lois Chiles Broadcast News 1987
Joan Cusack Broadcast News 1987
Debra Winger Terms of Endearment 1983
Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment 1983
Jeff Daniels Terms of Endearment 1983
John Lithgow Terms of Endearment 1983
Bruno Kirby Modern Romance 1981
George Kennedy Modern Romance 1981
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