![]() In 1980, Mel Brooks launched the production company Brooksfilm, to produce the film “The Elephant Man,” a more dramatic picture directed by David Lynch. His movies are also recognized as containing a mocking song-and-dance number. ![]() His films usually contain many Jewish references and jokes. Brooks is notorious for appearing in nearly all of his films. A few of his most acclaimed films have been Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, both of which were released in 1974. It was not until later in his career that Mel Brooks moved into cinema as an actor, director, writer and producer. Some of his most recognized television works include the 2000 Year Old Man, the series Get Smart, and the Robin Hood parody When Things Were Rotten. Following the war, Brooks began his career as a stand-up comic and then as a comedy writer for television. In the army, Brooks attended the Army Specialized Training Program and was later stationed in North Africa as an engineer during World War II. Growing up in Williamsburg, I learned to clothe it in comedy to spare myself problems - like a punch in the face."Īfter graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, Brooks spent a year learning psychology at Brooklyn College before being drafted by the army. And I'm sure a lot of my comedy is based on anger and hostility. I may be angry at God, or at the world, for that. ![]() Brooks later said of his father's death that "there's an outrage there. When Brooks was only two years old, his father passed away from kidney disease, leaving Mel to be raised by his mother and three older brothers - Irving, Lennie, and Bernie. Mel Brooks is a Jewish American comedian, actor, director, and producer most famous for his comical film parodies.īrooks (born June 28, 1926) was born as Melvin Kaminsky into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York.
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