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Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks is among the most inventive practitioners of motion picture comedy, as well as one of its most incisive commentators on contemporary life. Brooks began his career as a stand-up comic, and went on to become an award-winning actor, writer and filmmaker. Brooks has directed six feature films, including Defending Your Life, The Muse, Mother, Lost in America, Modern Romance, and Real Life, all of which he co-wrote and starred in. Lost in America and Mother were honored by the National Society of Film Critics with the Best Screenplay award; Mother also won the New York Film Critic’s Circle Award for Best Screenplay. Brooks made his acting debut in Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic, Taxi Driver. His other acting credits include such films as Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours, I'll Do Anything, Critical Care, Out of Sight and My First Mister. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Broadcast News. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Brooks studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University before starting his perfoming career in 1968 doing stand-up comedy on network television. He began on The Steve Allen Show, later became a regular on The Dean Martin Show, and performed on such variety programs as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The... Next

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