Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, novelist and occasional producer. His outstanding works as director are Blackboard Jungle; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Elmer Gantry – for which he won an Academy Award for Best Writing; In Cold Blood; and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Brooks was one of the relatively few filmmakers whose careers bridged the transition from the classic studio system to the independent productions that marked the 1960s and beyond.