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Richard Brooks
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- For the actor, see Richard Brooks (actor)
Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was a Hollywood film writer, director, and (occasionally) producer.
Brooks was born Ruben Sax to Russian Jewish immigrants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from West Philadelphia High School, and later Temple University. In the 1940s he wrote the screenplays for the critically acclaimed Key Largo and Brute Force, both suspenseful examples of film noir. In 1950 he directed his film Crisis, which gave a much darker role to the actor Cary Grant than he had previously attempted. He won his only Oscar in 1960 for his screenplay for the film Elmer Gantry, although he was nominated for the films Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, In Cold Blood and The Professionals.
Other notable films directed by Brooks include The Brothers Karamazov starring Yul Brynner and Lord Jim starring Peter O'Toole.
Brooks was once married to actress Jean Brooks. In 1960, he married the British actress Jean Simmons, and they had one daughter. They divorced in 1977.
Brooks died from congestive heart failure in 1992 in Beverly Hills, California and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Brooks has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6422 Hollywood Blvd.
- Richard Brooks at the Internet Movie Database
- The Richard Brooks Collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Richard Brooks' Gravesite
| Films directed by Richard Brooks |
| Crisis | The Light Touch | Deadline - U.S.A. | Battle Circus | Take the High Ground! | Flame and the Flesh | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Blackboard Jungle | The Last Hunt | The Catered Affair | Something of Value | The Brothers Karamazov | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Elmer Gantry | Sweet Bird of Youth | Lord Jim | The Professionals | In Cold Blood | The Happy Ending | $ | Bite the Bullet | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Wrong Is Right | Fever Pitch |
Categories: 1912 births | 1992 deaths | American film directors | American film producers | American screenwriters | Deaths from cardiovascular disease | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Jewish American film directors | People from Philadelphia | Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners | English-language film directors