Mel Brooks

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1926 age 0

   Born

2. 1967 age 41

   CreditThe Producers

   CreditThe Producersdirector

   CreditThe Producersscreenwriter

3. 1974 age 48

   CreditBlazing Saddles

   CreditBlazing Saddlesdirector

   CreditBlazing Saddlesscreenwriter

   CreditYoung Frankensteindirector

   CreditYoung Frankensteinscreenwriter

4. 1979 age 53

   CreditThe Muppet Movie

5. 1980 age 54

   CreditThe Elephant Manproducer

6. 1986 age 60

   CreditThe Flyproducer

7. 1987 age 61

   CreditSpaceballs

   CreditSpaceballsdirector

   CreditSpaceballsproducer

   CreditSpaceballscomposer

   CreditSpaceballsscreenwriter

8. 1993 age 67

   CreditRobin Hood: Men in Tights

   CreditRobin Hood: Men in Tightsdirector

   CreditRobin Hood: Men in Tightsproducer

   CreditRobin Hood: Men in Tightsscreenwriter

9. 1995 age 69

   CreditDracula: Dead and Loving It

   CreditDracula: Dead and Loving Itdirector

   CreditDracula: Dead and Loving Itproducer

   CreditDracula: Dead and Loving Itscreenwriter

• JMJohn Morris5 titles
• DDDom DeLuise4 titles
• GWGene Wilder3 titles
• MKMadeline Kahn3 titles
• JHJohn Hurt2 titles
• CRClive Revill2 titles
• CLCloris Leachman2 titles
• AYAmy Yasbeck2 titles
• DDDavid DeLuise2 titles
• ABAnne Bancroft2 titles

• Spouse

  • ABAnne Bancroft

• Children

  • MBMax Brooks

• Influenced by

  • FAFred Astaire
  • BHBob Hope
  • JBJack Benny

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Siblings, Studied under, Taught.

• Lady, it rose below vulgarity.

  Mel Brooks, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Who's the dummy writing this show?!

  Mel Brooks, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of Blazing Saddles somewhere in the Antelope Valley, and Gene Wilder and I were having a cup of coffee and he said, I have this idea that there could be another "Frankenstein." I said not another — we've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law, we don't need another Frankenstein. His idea was very simple: What if the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wanted nothing to do with the family whatsoever. He was ashamed of those wackos. I said, "That's funny."

  Mel Brooks, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Comedy is a weird but very beautiful thing. Even though it seems foolish and silly and crazy, comedy has the most to say about the human condition. Because if you can laugh, you can get by. You can survive when things are bad when you have a sense of humor.

  Mel Brooks, CC BY-SA 4.0

• As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

  Mel Brooks, CC BY-SA 4.0

• If they [presidents] can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.

  Mel Brooks, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United States

Languages

English

Years active

1949–

Genres

observational comedy, farce, parody, musical comedy, sketch comedy, deadpan, physical comedy, comedy film, silent film, satire, surrealism, surrealist film, ribaldry, wit, word play

Notable works

The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs, Life Stinks, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Education

Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn College, Virginia Military Institute