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Mel Brooks

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Melvin James Brooks, born Kaminsky in New York City on 28 June 1926, is an American actor, comedian, film director, songwriter and playwright. With a career spanning nine decades, from 1949 onward, he is known for a variety of successful farces and parodies. He is a recipient of numerous accolades and one of the few people to have won the EGOT, meaning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Within this atlas Mel Brooks is credited on Get Smart and Blazing Saddles.

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Writers Guild of America Award 1
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AFI Life Achievement Award 1
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay 1
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Nebula Award 1
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Tony Award 1
Birth Year
1926 1
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Blazing Saddles

Mel Brooks

Get Smart

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Blazing Saddles, Landmark Works
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Get Smart, Landmark Works
Source Get Smart (Wikipedia)
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1. Mel Brooks (Wikipedia)
  • Article lead sentence
    Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, film director, songwriter and playwright.
  • Article text
    Brooks won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Producers (1967).
  • Article text (writers-guild-of-america-award)
    It won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy, Written Directly for the Screen.
  • Article text (afi-life-achievement-award)
    He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016 and a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017.
  • Article text (tony-award)
    His musical adaptation of The Producers ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 and won 12 Tony Awards.
  • Article text (nebula-award)
    Brooks won Hugo and Nebula awards for Young Frankenstein.
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Get Smart (Wikipedia)
Works Created: Get Smart, Article lead sentence
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It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, and had its television premiere on NBC on September 18, 1965.
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Blazing Saddles (Wikipedia)
Works Created: Blazing Saddles, Infobox: director
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Mel Brooks
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