Richard Brooks
American screenwriter, film director and producer (1912-1992) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 79
Richard Brooks 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.
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Burt Lancaster Richard directed The Professionals (1966)
Pandro S. Berman Produced Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Vaughn Taylor Richard directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Humphrey Bogart Richard directed Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Paul Stewart Richard directed In Cold Blood (1967)
Paul Newman Richard directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Sidney Poitier Richard directed Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Shirley Jones Richard directed Elmer Gantry (1960)
Ed Begley Richard directed Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
John Saxon Richard directed Wrong Is Right and Fever Pitch
Pier Angeli Richard directed Flame and the Flesh (1954)
Robert Siodmak Directed Cobra Woman and The Killers
Stewart Granger Richard directed The Last Hunt (1956)
Russ Tamblyn Richard directed The Last Hunt (1956)
Richard Kiley Richard directed Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Steve Forrest Richard directed Battle Circus (1953)
Arthur Freed Produced Any Number Can Play and Crisis
Jeff Corey Richard produced In Cold Blood (1967)
Robert Webber Richard directed $ (1972)
Madeleine Sherwood Richard directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Jean Willes Richard directed Elmer Gantry (1960)
Dore Schary Produced Take the High Ground! and The Last Hunt
Jerry Wald Produced Key Largo and Storm Warning
Mark Hellinger Produced The Killers and Brute Force
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1992 · aged 79
