Richard Brooks

Birth Name:Reuben Sax
Born:May 18, 1912
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died:March 11, 1992
Death Place:Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Cause:congestive heart failure
Age at Death:79 years and 298 days
Height:6’ 3” (1.91 m)
More Info:Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
1955
Writing (Screenplay). Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Brooks.
1958
Directing. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Avon Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Brooks.
1958
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Avon Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Brooks and James Poe.
1960
Winner markerWriting (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists. Richard Brooks.
1966
Directing. The Professionals, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Richard Brooks.
1966
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). The Professionals, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Richard Brooks.
1967
Directing. In Cold Blood, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Richard Brooks.
1967
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). In Cold Blood, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Richard Brooks.

8 Nominations