# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:02:03.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-brooks"
name: "Joseph Brooks"
slug: "joseph-brooks"
description: "Joseph Brooks was an American songwriter, composer, filmmaker and convicted rapist. He was a successful author of commercial jingles during the 1960s, before pivoting to a filmmaking career. His 1977 romantic drama You Light Up My Life, which he wrote, directed, produced, and scored; spawned the hit song of the same name, earning Brooks an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award."
tagline: "American director and composer (1938-2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Joseph_Brooks_%28songwriter%29%2C_1978.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-03-11"
deathDate: "2011-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.89
  momentum:             1.106493506493507
  historical:           11.76684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112072/"
    handle:    "nm0112072"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/290096"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جوزيف بروكس (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "چوزيف بروكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جوزف بروکس (شارکی یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brooks"
    title: "Joseph Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brooks_(songwriter)"
    title: "Joseph Brooks (songwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brooks"
    title: "Joseph Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3)"
    title: "جوزف بروکس (سرودنویس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Брукс, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brooks"
    title: "Joseph Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brooks"
    title: "Joseph Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Джозеф Брукс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3_(%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "جوزف بروکس (گیت نگار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1f2ba24-0327-4ea8-988d-8108fd3e594f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump