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Brooks, Mel (1926- )

US film director, producer, actor, and comedian. His films, known for their slapstick and verbal humour, include The Producers (1967; Academy Award for Best Screenplay), Blazing Saddles (1974), and Young Frankenstein (1974).

Brooks was a stand-up comic, gaining a wide audience with his record album The 2,000-Year-Old Man (1960), and a television writer before he entered the film industry. In 2001 he turned The Producers into a successful Broadway musical. The production won 12 Tony awards, including the award for Best Musical.

Other films include Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World Part I (1980), Spaceballs (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).



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