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Richard Brooks (Reuben Sax) was born on 18 May, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, is a Writer, Director, Producer. Discover Richard Brooks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Richard Brooks networth?

Popular As Reuben Sax
Occupation writer,director,producer
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 18 May 1912
Birthday 18 May
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of death 11 March, 1992
Died Place Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Richard Brooks Height, Weight & Measurements

At 80 years old, Richard Brooks height is 6' 3" (1.91 m) .

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Height 6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Who Is Richard Brooks's Wife?

His wife is Jean Simmons (1 November 1960 - 1977) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Harriet Levin (21 July 1946 - 27 June 1957) ( divorced), Jean Brooks (1941 - 1944) ( divorced)

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Wife Jean Simmons (1 November 1960 - 1977) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Harriet Levin (21 July 1946 - 27 June 1957) ( divorced), Jean Brooks (1941 - 1944) ( divorced)
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Richard Brooks Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Richard Brooks worth at the age of 80 years old? Richard Brooks’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United States. We have estimated Richard Brooks's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Any Number Can Play (1949)$29,107

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2013

As of 2013, Brooks remains one of six men who directed his wife in a performance nominated for a Best-Actress Oscar; in his case, wife Jean Simmons in The Happy Ending (1969). The other five are Joel Coen directing Frances McDormand in Fargo (1996), John Cassavetes directing Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and in Gloria (1980), Blake Edwards directing Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria (1982), Paul Czinner directing Elisabeth Bergner in Escape Me Never (1935) and Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward in Rachel, Rachel (1968). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in an Oscar-nominated performance (Never on Sunday (1960))--though they were not yet married at the time of the nomination.

1980

In the 1980s, he had his own production company.

1965

Brooks was regarded as "independent" even before he officially broke away from the studio system in 1965.

1958

He scripted and directed The Brothers Karamazov (1958) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and two years later won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Elmer Gantry (1960). He had six Oscar nominations and 25 other nominations during his film career. Brooks was a writer and director of Chekhovian depth, who mastered the use of understatement, anticlimax and implied emotion. His films enjoyed lasting appeal and tended to be more serious than the usual mainstream productions.

1950

Richard Brooks made his directorial debut with MGM's Crisis (1950) starring Cary Grant.

1946

He and John Huston co-wrote the adapted screenplay for The Killers (1946), but neither received onscreen credit because of studio contract restraints.

1940

While never officially accused of being a communist by The House Un-American Activities Committee, Brooks was nervous of being possibly targeted. Many writers in Hollywood were in fear of HUAC in the late 1940s. During the making of Lord Jim (1965), Brooks stated to a close friend that if he had had to move, he would live permanently in the UK, and would never want to return to the US. But the blacklist era ended without Brooks facing investigation.

1930

He graduated from West Philadelphia HS, attended Philadelphia's Temple University for two years, before dropping out and later working as a sports reporter and radio journalist in the 1930s. After a stint as a writer for the NBC network, he worked for one season as director of New York's Mill Pond Theatre, and then headed to Los Angeles. There he broke into films as a script writer of "B" movies, Maria Montez epics, serials, and did some radio writing. During the Second World War, he served with the US Marines for two years.

1912

Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer. He was born Ruben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants.