Mel Brooks
Melvin James Kaminsky
b. 1926
June 28
Brooklyn, NY
served in military for W.W. II
was a writer for TV series / variety
programming (including Get Smart )
parodies of different films genres
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
High Anxiety
Spaceballs
Mel Brooks was highly successful
for turning The Producers into
a Broadway musical;
he won an Oscar for original
script for 1967 film The Producers;
he won 3 Emmys in a row;
3 Tonys for The Producers;
3 Grammys; making him one of
only 18 EGOT's
beginning in 1950
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