- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Age: 79
- Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City
- Marital Status: Divorced (Holly Holmberg Brooks)
- Full Name: James Lawrence Brooks
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: May 9, 1940
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Occupation: Screenwriter, Director
- Education: New York University, Weehawken High School
- Children: 3 (Amy, Chloe, Cooper)
American producer, screenwriter and director James Lawrence Brooks has an estimated net worth of $500 million as of 2012.
A New York University dropout, James Brooks started his career as an usher at CBS and later on, he got to write for the news broadcasts of CBS. He also worked on the documentaries of David L. Wolper however, he was eventually laid off. He then met Allan Burns who secured him a writing job on My Mother the Car series.