Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks
Brooks in April 2010
Birth name	Melvin Kaminsky
Born	June 28, 1926 (1926-06-28) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medium	movie Television Musical theatre
Nationality	American
Years active	1949–present
Genres	Farce, parody
Subject(s)	Comedy
Influences	George M. Cohan Jack Benny Bob Hope Harry Ritz Fred Astaire Gene Kelly
Influenced	Robin Williams, Jim Carrey
Spouse	Florence Baum (1953-1962, divorced), 3 children Anne Bancroft (1964-2005, her death), 1 child (Max Brooks)
Notable works and roles	The Producers Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs

Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is a Jewish American actor, comedian, writer, movie director, and producer. When he was born in Brooklyn, his name was Melvin Kaminsky.

He has directed, produced and written several movies. Most of these are comedies that make references to other movies. Some of his movies include Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, History of the World: Part I, Silent Movie, Spaceballs and Men in Tights.

Brooks is one of the few people to have won Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Awards. Most of those were for The Producers, which was both a movie and a musical.

Movies he made

• The Producers (1968) (Academy Award, best original screenplay)
• The Twelve Chairs (1970) (also actor)
• Blazing Saddles (1974) (also actor)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Silent Movie" (1976) (also actor)
• High Anxiety (1977) (also actor/producer)
• History of the World, Part I (1981) (also actor/producer)
• Spaceballs (1987) (also actor/producer)
• Life Stinks (1991) (also actor/producer)
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) (also actor/producer)
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) (also actor/producer)
• Pizzaman (2012)