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Video Interview: James L. Brooks



This is an amazing find. Approximately 5 hours of interviews with James L. Brooks. He's had a prolific writing and directing career, both in TV -- "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970-1977), "Rhoda" (1974-1975), "Taxi" (1978-1980), and "Lou Grant" (1977-1982), all of which Brooks co-created -- and movies including Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), I'll Do Anything (1994), As Good As It Gets (1997), Spanglish (2004). Oh yes, there's that humble little TV show -- "The Simpsons" -- on which Brooks is credited as an E.P. with 431 episodes.

James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 1 of 11

James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 2 of 11

James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 3 of 11

James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 4 of 11

James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 5 of 11

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James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 8 of 11

James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 9 of 11

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James L. Brooks - Archive Interview Part 11 of 11


Since we can't embed the video, here's a clip from "The Charlie Rose Show" in which Brooks and Matt Groening discuss how it took four years to write the script for The Simpsons Movie (2007).

Matt Groening and James L. Brooks Talk with Charlie Rose