Adam Brooks (born September 3, 1956) is a
Canadian film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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, and
actor.
He is best known for writing and directing ''
Definitely, Maybe'' (2008) and for writing screenplays for ''
French Kiss'' (1995), ''
Wimbledon'' (2004), and ''
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' (2004).
His first film as a writer-director ''
Almost You'' won the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1985.
Brooks served as a council member of the Writers Guild of America East and is currently on the board of the Writers Guild of America East Foundation.
He also teaches film at the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts.
Brooks lives in New York City.
Filmography
Honors and awards
* 1985
Sundance Film Festival
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Special Jury Prize for ''Almost You''
* 1998
Golden Satellite Award nomination for Best Motion Picture Screenplay Adaption for ''Beloved''
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1956 births
Canadian screenwriters
Film directors from Toronto
Living people
Writers from Toronto
Sundance Film Festival award winners