James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks is an American filmmaker, director, producer and screenwriter born in New York City who has worked across six decades in both television and film. He co-created the landmark sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi and co-developed The Simpsons, which became the longest-running American primetime scripted series and continues producing original episodes decades after its debut. As a film director he made Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets, and in 1986 he founded the production company Gracie Films, which has supported emerging filmmakers. For Terms of Endearment he won three Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and across his television career he has won 22 Emmy Awards from 62 nominations. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1997.