James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks ( born May 9, 1940 in North Bergen, New Jersey) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director and actor.
The film director has only made five films in twenty years, but has been active since the early 1960s in television. He was involved as a developer and producer of now classic series like Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi and Lou Grant. He is also one of the fathers of the Simpsons. He can at 8 Oscar nominations for Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News - Broadcast News, Jerry Maguire - Game of Life ( producer) and could not be better to look back. For the former film, he received the trophy three times: as a producer, director, and for the screenplay.