Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks was born on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American actor, director, writer, composer, lyricist, comedian and producer.
Brooks started out in show business as a stand-up comic, telling jokes and doing movie-star impressions. He found more rewarding work behind the scenes, becoming a comedy writer for television. He joined the hit comedy series Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner.
In the 1960s Brooks became a big star. He won an Oscar for a cartoon short, The Critic (1963), created the hit TV show Get Smart (1965-70) and wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for his directorial debut, The Producers (1968).
Brooks has worked frequently with actor Gene Wilder, and together they made some of the most popular comedies of the 1970s, including Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974).
His other films include Silent Movie (1976), History of the World Part One (1981) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).
Brooks was married to Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.
Filmography
- "Spaceballs: The Animated Series" (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
- "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks" (36 episodes, 2003-2006)
- The Producers (2005) (voice)
- Robots (2005) (voice)
- "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" (1 episode, 2003)
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (TV) (voice)
- Sex, lögner & videovåld (2000) (V)
- "Mad About You" (4 episodes, 1996-1999)
- Svitati (1999)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice)
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
- The Little Rascals (1994)
- Silenzio dei prosciutti, Il (1994)
- "Frasier" (1 episode, 1993)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- Life Stinks (1991)
- Look Who's Talking Too (1990) (voice)
- "The Tracey Ullman Show" (1 episode, 1990)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- To Be or Not to Be (1983)
- History of the World: Part I (1981)
- The Muppet Movie (1979)
- High Anxiety (1977)
- "The Electric Company" (780 episodes, 1971-1977)
- Silent Movie (1976)
- The 2000 Year Old Man (1975) (TV) (voice)
- Young Frankenstein (1974) (voice)
- Free to Be... You & Me (1974) (TV) (voice)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- The Twelve Chairs (1970)
- Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970) (TV)
- Putney Swope (1969)
- The Producers (1968) (voice)
- The Critic (1963) (voice)
- "The New Steve Allen Show" (2 episodes, 1961)
Awards
- Grammy Best Musical Show Album "The Producers" 2002
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical "The Producers" 2001
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book "The Producers" 2001
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lyrics "The Producers" 2001
- Tony Best Musical "The Producers" 2001
- Tony Book of a Musical "The Producers" 2001
- Tony Score of a Musical "The Producers" 2001
- American Comedy Award Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a Television Series "Mad About You" 2000
- New York Drama Critics Circle Best Musical "The Producers" 2000 - 2001
- Grammy Spoken Comedy Album "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000" 1999
- Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series "Mad About You" 1998 - 1999
- American Comedy Award Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a Television Series "Mad About You" 1997
- Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series "Mad About You" 1997 - 1998
- Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series "Mad About You" 1996 - 1997
- NATO Director of the Year 1977
- Writers Guild of America Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen "Blazing Saddles" 1974
- Oscar Best Screenplay "The Producers" 1968
- Writers Guild of America Best Original Screenplay "The Producers" 1968
- Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special" 1966 - 1967
- Oscar Best Animated Short Subject "The Critic" 1963
