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Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer. He was born Reuben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Academy Awards in his career, he was best known for Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960; for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ), In Cold ...
Richard Brooks. Director: Anticipation. Commanding actor Richard Brooks was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an actor, director and singer. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts in Michigan.
Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer. He was born Reuben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 22, 2024 · Richard Brooks worked as a writer, director, novelist and producer. His films include Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elmer Gantry (he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay), In Cold Blood and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Brooks joined the Corps in 1943 while World War II was raging on.
May 14, 2024 · Richard Brooks (born May 18, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 11, 1992, Beverly Hills, California) was an American screenwriter and director whose best-known movies were adaptations of literary works, notably Blackboard Jungle (1955), Elmer Gantry (1960), and In Cold Blood (1967).
A pioneering figure in independent filmmaking, writer-director Richard Brooks applied his journalistic background to his feature film career, in which he explored the best and worst in human behavior in films like "The Blackboard Jungle" (1955), "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), "The...
Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, director, novelist and occasional producer. His outstanding works as director are Blackboard Jungle (1955); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958); Elmer Gantry (1960) – for which he won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay); In Cold Blood (1967); and ...
Mar 13, 1992 · Richard Brooks, a director, producer and screenwriter whose films included "The Blackboard Jungle," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," died on Wednesday at his home in...
Mar 12, 1992 · Director Richard Brooks, a tough, muscular storyteller who won a screenwriting Oscar for “Elmer Gantry” and directed “The Blackboard Jungle” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” died of congestive...
