Adam Brooks (filmmaker)
Adam Brooks is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for writing and directing Definitely, Maybe and for writing screenplays for French Kiss, Wimbledon, and . His first film as a writer-director Almost You won the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1985.
Brooks served as a council member of the Writers Guild of America East and is currently on the board of the Writer's Guild of America East Foundation. He also teaches film at the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts. Brooks lives in New York City.Filmography
- Almost You, director
- Red Riding Hood, director
- French Kiss, writer, actor
- Beloved, writer
- Practical Magic, writer
- The Invisible Circus, director, writer
- Wimbledon, writer
- , writer
- Definitely, Maybe, director, writer, actor
- Nappily Ever After, writer
Honors and awards
- 1985 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Almost You
- 1998 Golden Satellite Award nomination for Best Motion Picture Screenplay Adaption for Beloved
