Mel Brooks
b.6/28/1926 New York, NY
Birth name Melvin Kaminsky changed to his mother’s maiden name Brooks TV: Writer “Get Smart” Writer/actor “Your Show of Shows” Academy Award Best Screenplay “Producers” 1968 Academy Award Best Screenplay “Young Frankenstein” 1974 Academy Award Best Music “Blazing Saddles” 1974 First cinematic movie “The Critic” 1963
Filmography:
The Critic, The Producers, Putney Swope, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, The Muppet Movie, History of the World, To Be or Not to Be, Spaceballs, Life Stinks, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Little Rascals, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Robots