Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY, USA
MEL BROOKS, director, producer, writer and actor, is in an elite group as one of the few entertainers to earn all four major entertainment prizes – the Tony, the Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar. His career began in television writing for Your Show of Shows and together with Buck Henry creating the long running TV series Get Smart. He then teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform the Grammy-winning 2000 Year Old Man comedy albums & books. Brooks won his first Oscar in 1964 for writing and narrating the animated short The Critic and his second for the screenplay of his first feature film, The Producers in 1968.
Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks, The Producers
Mel Brooks, The Producers
Mel Brooks , The Producers
Mel Brooks, The Producers
Mel Brooks, The Producers
Mel Brooks, The Producers
Mel Brooks, The Producers
Mel Brooks has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Mel Brooks has not appeared in the West End.
Mel Brooks has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "Young Frankenstein," Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards for "The Producers," Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Producers," Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Producers," Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "The Producers," Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Producers," Best Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Producers," and Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for "The Producers."
Mel Brooks has won several awards for "The Producers," including Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards, Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards, Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards, Best Musical at the Tony Awards, and Best Original Score at the Tony Awards.
Mel Brooks has written 4 shows including Shinbone Alley (Bookwriter), All American (Bookwriter), The Producers (Source Material), Young Frankenstein (Bookwriter).
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