Richard Brooks

Also known as Reuben Sax

American screenwriter, film director and producer (1912-1992)

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Person · Open Library

Works: 69

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Writing · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, director, novelist and occasional producer. His outstanding works as director are Blackboard Jungle (1955); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958); Elmer Gantry (1960) – for which he won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay); In Cold Blood (1967); and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Brooks was one of the…

Known for

MGM: When the Lion Roars1992
Bacall on Bogart — Self1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man — Self1988
A Special Friendship — Matt Bowser1987
Hill Street Blues — Tyrone Crane1981
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait — Self1975
Cinépanorama — Self1956

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1962-02-07

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Discography

Garth Brooks1989
No Fences1990
Ropin’ the Wind1991
Beyond the Season1992
The Chase1992
In Pieces1993
Fresh Horses1995
Sevens1997
Garth Brooks & The Magic of Christmas1999
Scarecrow2001

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 333
Total plays: 653

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 63,391x
The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 59,258x
Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform
· 2009 · cited 47,665x
ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database
· 2009 · cited 47,292x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x

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Key facts

Born: Reuben Sax , May 18, 1912, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , U.S.
Died: March 11, 1992 (1992-03-11) (aged 79), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Alma mater: Temple University (withdrew)
Occupations: Film director screenwriter novelist
Years active: 1942–1985
Spouses: Jean Brooks , ( married"}]]}'>m. 1941 ; divorced"}]]}'>div. 1944 ) Harriette Levin, ( married"}]]}'>m. 1946 ; divorced"}]]}'>div. 1957 ) Jean Simmons , ( married"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced"}]]}'>div. 1980 )

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Wikidata facts

Image: RichardBrooks45.JPG
Number of children: 1

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date of death: 1992-03-11
date of birth: 1912-05-18
Commons category: Richard Brooks
name in native language: Richard Brooks
birth name: Reuben Sax

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Encyclopedic overview

Richard Brooks (born Reuben Sax; May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American film director, screenwriter, journalist and novelist. He directed 24 feature films between 1950 and 1985, and was known for his portrayals of hard-hitting subject matter, psychologically complex characters, and his independently minded auteurist approach to filmmaking.

His notable works included Blackboard Jungle (1955), Something of Value (1957), The Brothers Karamazov (1958), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (also 1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), The Professionals (1966), In Cold Blood (1967) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). He is also known for writing the films noir The Killers (1946), Brute Force (1947), and Key Largo (1948).

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