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Awards. Full list. Melvin James Brooks ( né Kaminsky; [1] born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, Brooks is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. [2]
Mel Brooks, the legendary producer-writer-director-actor-composer-lyricist, whose career spans over seven decades and as of 2023 is one of only 23 entertainers that are members of the elite... See full summary »
5 days ago · The Twelve Chairs (1970)93%. #4. Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, erstwhile count Ippolit Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody) has been reduced to...
Mar 18, 2023 · Features. By Philip Sledge. published 18 March 2023. What in the wide, wide world o' sports is a goin' on here? (Image credit: MGM) For more than half-a-century, Mel Brooks has written,...
Mel Brooks on screen and stage. Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker of the stage, television, and screen. He started his work as a comedy writer, actor, and then director of 11 feature films including The Producers (1967), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Blazing Saddles (1974).
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As in Young Frankenstein 1974, Silent Movie 1976, and High Anxiety 1977, director/writer Mel Brooks gives a burlesque spin to a classic Hollywood movie genre; in his own manic, Borscht Belt way, Brooks was a central player in revising classic genres in light of Seventies values and attitudes, an effort most often associated with such directors a...
