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Mel Brooks

1926-06-28 (98 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Melvin Brooks (né Kaminsky, born June 28, 1926) is an American filmmaker, comedian, actor and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit The 2000 Year Old Man. He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970. In middle age, Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of the year they were released. His best-known films include The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007. In 2001, having previously won an Emmy, a Grammy and an Oscar, he joined a small list of EGOT winners with his Tony award for The Producers. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015, a National Medal of Arts in September 2016, and a BAFTA Fellowship in February 2017. Three of his films ranked in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years (1900–2000), all of which ranked in the top 15 of the list: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13. Brooks was married to Oscar-winning actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.

Movies

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Remembering Gene Wilder
74 %|Mar 15, 2024
Documentary
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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
75 %|Dec 21, 2023
Music, Documentary, Family
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Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
63 %|May 27, 2023
Comedy
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Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
54 %|Nov 12, 2017
Documentary
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The Last Laugh
69 %|Apr 18, 2016
Documentary
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Hotel Transylvania 2
67.74 %|Sep 21, 2015
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
68 %|Jan 31, 2015
Comedy
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
67.21000000000001 %|Feb 7, 2014
Animation, Adventure, Family
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
82 %|May 20, 2013
Documentary
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
71 %|Apr 23, 2013
Documentary
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Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
65 %|Dec 10, 2012
Documentary
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Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
0 %|Mar 1, 2012
Comedy, Documentary
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Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
78 %|Sep 9, 2011
TV Movie, Comedy
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Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
0 %|Dec 15, 2009
Documentary
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
50 %|May 10, 2007
Documentary
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Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
0 %|Apr 10, 2007
Comedy, Documentary
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Robots
65 %|Mar 10, 2005
Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
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Sex, Lies and Video Violence
55 %|May 5, 2000
Comedy, Horror, Action
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Screw Loose
40 %|Feb 19, 1999
Comedy
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Caesar's Writers
0 %|Aug 19, 1996
Documentary, Comedy
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It
60.79 %|Dec 22, 1995
Comedy, Horror
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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
85 %|Oct 25, 1994
Documentary
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The Little Rascals
67.69999999999999 %|Aug 5, 1994
Romance, Comedy, Family
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The Silence of the Hams
49 %|Mar 11, 1994
Thriller, Comedy
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Robin Hood: Men in Tights
65.94 %|Jul 28, 1993
Comedy
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Life Stinks
55.650000000000006 %|Jun 5, 1991
Comedy
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Look Who's Talking Too
54.86 %|Dec 14, 1990
Romance, Comedy
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Free to Be... a Family
95 %|Dec 14, 1988
Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie
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Spaceballs
68 %|Jun 24, 1987
Comedy, Science Fiction
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Sunset People
0 %|Mar 3, 1984
Documentary
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To Be or Not to Be
67.39 %|Dec 16, 1983
Comedy
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History of the World: Part I
67.78999999999999 %|Jun 12, 1981
Comedy
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The Muppet Movie
72 %|Jun 22, 1979
Adventure, Music, Family, Comedy
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High Anxiety
64 %|Dec 25, 1977
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
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Silent Movie
65.16 %|Jun 17, 1976
Comedy
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
60 %|Dec 14, 1975
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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Young Frankenstein
79 %|Dec 15, 1974
Comedy
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Free to Be… You and Me
64.38 %|Mar 11, 1974
Animation, Family, TV Movie, Documentary
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Blazing Saddles
72.46000000000001 %|Feb 7, 1974
Western, Comedy
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The Twelve Chairs
62.82 %|Oct 28, 1970
Comedy
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The Critic
63.89 %|May 20, 1963
Animation, Comedy
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Fairy Tale Forest: Flower of the Dawn
0 %|Invalid Date
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
67 %|Jul 14, 2022
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
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The Automat
69 %|Sep 2, 2021
Documentary, History
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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
63 %|Dec 6, 2019
Animation, Family, Comedy
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Toy Story 4
74.87 %|Jun 19, 2019
Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
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The Great Buster: A Celebration
72 %|Oct 5, 2018
Documentary, Comedy
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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
68.64 %|Jun 28, 2018
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
69 %|Jun 6, 2018
Documentary
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Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
67 %|Feb 17, 2018
Documentary, Comedy
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If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
71 %|May 19, 2017
Documentary
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Ballerina
72 %|Dec 14, 2016
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
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Ballerina
72 %|Dec 14, 2016
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
70 %|Jan 21, 2016
Documentary
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In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
0 %|Nov 13, 2012
Documentary, Comedy
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The Producers
61.91 %|Dec 25, 2005
Comedy
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John Candy: Comic Spirit
60 %|May 3, 2005
Comedy, Documentary
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
60 %|Dec 24, 2003
Comedy, Family
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Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?
45 %|Feb 18, 2003
Documentary, Comedy
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The Making of 'The Producers'
72 %|Dec 3, 2002
Documentary
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The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
60 %|Dec 11, 2001
Documentary
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Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
90 %|Oct 1, 2001
Documentary, Comedy, Music
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Back in the Saddle
60 %|Jun 19, 2001
Documentary
actor
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
0 %|Jun 20, 2000
Documentary, Comedy
actor
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
0 %|Jun 20, 2000
Documentary, Comedy
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Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
77 %|May 15, 1998
Documentary
actor
Mickey's Audition
40 %|Oct 1, 1992
Animation, Family
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An Audience with Mel Brooks
65 %|Feb 4, 1984
Comedy
actor
Untitled Lani Pixels Project
0 %|Invalid Date
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
63 %|May 16, 1979
TV Movie, Family, Comedy, Music
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Mickey's 50
0 %|Nov 19, 1978
Documentary, Family
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Peeping Times
40 %|Jan 25, 1978
Comedy, TV Movie
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The 2000 Year Old Man
65 %|Jan 11, 1975
Animation, Comedy
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Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
0 %|Feb 18, 1970
Music, Comedy
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The Producers
70.87 %|Mar 18, 1968
Comedy, Music

Series

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History of the World: Part II
56.02 %|Mar 6, 2023
Comedy
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Only Murders in the Building
84 %|Aug 31, 2021
Comedy, Mystery, Crime
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To Tell the Truth
60 %|Jun 14, 2016
Comedy
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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
72 %|Jul 19, 2012
Comedy, Talk
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Inside Comedy
60 %|Jan 26, 2012
Comedy, Documentary, Talk
actor
The Paul Reiser Show
60 %|Apr 14, 2011
Comedy
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Glenn Martin, DDS
59 %|Aug 17, 2009
Animation, Comedy
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Spaceballs: The Animated Series
41 %|Nov 21, 2008
Animation, Comedy, Kids
actor
Legends
50 %|Nov 17, 2006
Documentary
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Broadway: The American Musical
78 %|Oct 19, 2004
Documentary
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Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
53 %|Sep 7, 2003
Animation, Comedy, Kids
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Real Time with Bill Maher
60.12 %|Feb 21, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
74.02 %|Jul 20, 2002
Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
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Primetime Glick
69 %|Jun 20, 2001
Comedy, Talk
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
79.92 %|Oct 15, 2000
Comedy
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
81.67 %|Jun 23, 1998
Documentary
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The Frank Skinner Show
75 %|Sep 10, 1995
Talk, Comedy
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RTL Samstag Nacht
82 %|Nov 6, 1993
Comedy
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Frasier
77 %|Sep 16, 1993
Comedy, Family
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Mad About You
66.92999999999999 %|Sep 23, 1992
Comedy
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Noel's House Party
71.67 %|Nov 23, 1991
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The Simpsons
80.16 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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Saturday Night Clive
0 %|Jan 21, 1989
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Wogan
45 %|May 4, 1982
Talk
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Champs-Elysées
62 %|Jan 16, 1982
Talk
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An Audience with...
53 %|Jan 8, 1978
Talk
actor
Bitte umblättern
60 %|Apr 20, 1977
News
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Arena
66 %|Oct 1, 1975
Documentary
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Flick Flack
0 %|Jan 7, 1974
Documentary, Talk
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The Electric Company
68.82 %|Oct 25, 1971
Comedy, Family
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Great Performances
52 %|Jan 28, 1971
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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The Dick Cavett Show
66.58 %|Jun 6, 1968
Talk
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
64 %|Sep 9, 1967
Comedy
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The Hollywood Palace
45 %|Jan 4, 1964
Comedy
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The Hollywood Palace
45 %|Jan 4, 1964
Comedy
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The Mike Douglas Show
51.43 %|Dec 11, 1961
Comedy, Talk
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The David Susskind Show
50 %|Jan 18, 1959
Talk
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Tony Awards
50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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The Wonderful World of Disney
76.07000000000001 %|Oct 27, 1954
Action & Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Family
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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Golden Globe Awards
68 %|Jan 20, 1944
Talk