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Mel Brooks

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

11 titles
Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Mel Brooks 1995 1h 28m 5.5

Grab onto your garlic as writer/directory Mel Brooks presents a hauntingly hysterical version of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula. Leslie Nielsen lends his trademark bumbling to his portrayal of the formidable Count, who, between seductions and neck piercings, must avoid the acclaimed authority on vampires, Prof. Van Helsing (Brooks).

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Mel Brooks 1993 1h 44m 7.4

The legend had it coming... Find out where Robin Hood put his Little John, what made Will Scarlet, and what did Friar Tuck into his tights that Maid Marion all of a quiver?

Life Stinks

Life Stinks

Mel Brooks 1991 1h 32m 5.5

A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.

Spaceballs

Spaceballs

Mel Brooks 1987 1h 36m 7.9

Spaceballs is the famous American science fiction comedy that parodies science fiction films like Star Wars and Star Trek.

History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

Mel Brooks 1981 1h 32m 6.9

Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.

High Anxiety

High Anxiety

Mel Brooks 1977 1h 34m 6.5

Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, "high anxiety," in order to clear his name.

Silent Movie

Silent Movie

Mel Brooks 1976 1h 27m 6.1

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

Mel Brooks 1974 1h 46m 8.2

Mel Brooks takes on the classic horror flick in this comedic retelling of the Frankenstein story.

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

Mel Brooks 1974 1h 33m 6.9

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable.

The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

Mel Brooks 1970 1h 34m 6.8

A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately to Moscow to find the hidden fortune.

The Producers

The Producers

Mel Brooks 1967 1h 29m 7.4

Producers Max Bialystock (Mostel) and Leo Bloom (Wilder) make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

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