James L. Brooks Biography
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Daughters:
Amy Brooks; born 1971 and Chloe Brooks. Son: Cooper Brooks.

Owns Gracie Films which produces
The Simpsons.

He is among an elite group of 5 Directors who have won best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Orig/Adapted) for the same film. In 1984 he won all three for
Terms of Endearment. The other Directors are
Leo McCarey,
Billy Wilder,
Francis Ford Coppola, and
Peter Jackson.

Directed 9 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: 'Shirley Maclaine' ,
Jack Nicholson,
Debra Winger,
John Lithgow,
Holly Hunter,
William Hurt,
Albert Brooks,
Helen Hunt,
Greg Kinnear. Nicholson, Maclaine and Hunt won Oscars for their performances in one of Brooks' movies.

Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Writers Branch) [2006-]
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