Birthname: Ruben Sax
| Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 18, 1912 Philadelphia, PA |
| Died | Mar 11, 1992 Beverly Hills, CA |
| Age | Died at 79 |
| Final Resting PlaceHillside Memorial Park | |
Richard Brooks | |
| Job | Director, Producer |
| Top Roles | True Love, Michael Jones |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Crime, War, Romance, Comedy |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Alcohol, Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | Humphrey Bogart, Vaughn Taylor, Burt Lancaster, Colin Kenny |
| Shares birthday with | Frank Capra, Louis F. Edelman, James Donald see more.. |
Richard Brooks Overview:
Director, Richard Brooks, was born Ruben Sax on May 18, 1912 in Philadelphia, PA. Brooks died at the age of 79 on Mar 11, 1992 in Beverly Hills, CA and was laid to rest in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, CA.
HONORS and AWARDS:
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Richard Brooks was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one for Best Writing for Elmer Gantry in 1960.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1955 | Best Writing | Blackboard Jungle (1955) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1958 | Best Director | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Writing | Elmer Gantry (1960) | N/A | Won |
| 1966 | Best Director | The Professionals (1966) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Writing | The Professionals (1966) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Director | In Cold Blood (1967) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Writing | In Cold Blood (1967) | N/A | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
Richard Brooks BlogHub Articles:
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 29, 2019 From The Stop ButtonJean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s no... Read full article
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks)
on Jan 29, 2019 From The Stop ButtonJean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s no... Read full article
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks)
on Jan 29, 2019 From The Stop ButtonJean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s no... Read full article
The Happy Ending (1969, Richard Brooks)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 29, 2019 From The Stop ButtonJean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s no... Read full article
Deadline – U.S.A. (1952, Richard Brooks)
on Jun 3, 2013 From The Stop ButtonDeadline – U.S.A. is about half a great movie. Director Brooks fills the film with a superb supporting cast of character actors–Paul Stewart, Audrey Christie and Jim Backus are the standouts–and lets them share the runtime with lead Humphrey Bogart. It’s a newspaper dramaR... Read full article
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