Jack Nicholson
b. 1937- Actor and director
American actor and director, born in Neptune City. Won the Cannes Best Actor Award, the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and five other major prizes.
Pair · Actor and director
Films Jack Nicholson made with James L. Brooks
Jack Nicholson appeared in four films directed by James L. Brooks, from Terms of Endearment (1983) to How Do You Know (2010). Jack Nicholson is one of James L. Brooks's regulars on this site.
Timeline
- Directed by one of the two
- 7 top prizesAcademy Award for Best Picture for Terms of Endearment, Academy Award for Best Director for Terms of Endearment, Academy Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment and 4 more
- Hans Zimmerscored 2 of these films
- 13 yearsbetween As Good as It Gets (1997) and How Do You Know (2010)
Nicholson won his third Academy Award in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets (1997), his third film directed by James L. Brooks.
Jack Nicholson · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0
As Good as It Gets received a total of seven Academy Award nominations and won two: Best Actress for Helen Hunt and Best Actor for Jack Nicholson—the second time Nicholson won the award for a role cast by Brooks.
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James L. Brooks
b. 1940- Director
American director, born in Brooklyn. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and two other major prizes. Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
The 4 films
Terms of Endearment
Jack Nicholson: actor · James L. Brooks: director
Music: Michael Gore
Camera: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Written by: James L. Brooks, Larry McMurtry
Produced by: James L. Brooks
Academy Award for Best Picture · Academy Award for Best Director · Academy Award for Best Actress · Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor · Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Broadcast News
Jack Nicholson: actor · James L. Brooks: director
Music: Bill Conti
Camera: Michael Ballhaus
Written by: James L. Brooks
Produced by: James L. Brooks
As Good as It Gets
Jack Nicholson: actor · James L. Brooks: director
Music: Hans Zimmer
Camera: John Bailey
Written by: James L. Brooks, Mark Andrus
Produced by: James L. Brooks, Kristi Zea
Academy Award for Best Actress · Academy Award for Best Actor
How Do You Know
Jack Nicholson: actor · James L. Brooks: director
Music: Hans Zimmer
Camera: Janusz Kamiński
Written by: James L. Brooks
Produced by: James L. Brooks
See also
- Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito5 films together
- James L. Brooks and Albert Brooks4 films together
- Jack Nicholson and Jeff Daniels3 films together
- Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine2 films together
- Jack Nicholson and Cuba Gooding Jr.2 films together
Worked with both
- Danny DeVito5 films with Jack Nicholson, 1 with James L. Brooks
- Albert Brooks2 films with Jack Nicholson, 4 with James L. Brooks
- Jeff Daniels3 films with Jack Nicholson, 1 with James L. Brooks
- Shirley MacLaine2 films with Jack Nicholson, 1 with James L. Brooks
- Woody Harrelson1 film with Jack Nicholson, 2 with James L. Brooks
- Cuba Gooding Jr.2 films with Jack Nicholson, 1 with James L. Brooks