Albert Brooks
Finding Dory (2016)
Finding Dory is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Lindsey Collins and written by Stanton and Victoria Strouse, the film is the sequel to Finding Nemo (2003). Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks reprise their ro...
Starring: Debbie Reynolds•Eric Stonestreet•Russ Tamblyn•Kevin McCarthy•Robin Tunney•Rip Torn•Jack Nicholson•Charles Grodin
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Yarrow Cheney, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, from a screenplay written by Brian Lynch and the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Da...
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Harvey Keitel•Robert De Niro•Goldie Hawn•Michael Douglas•Jeff Bridges•Peter Boyle•Diane Keaton•Jodie Foster•Cybill Shepherd
Concussion (2015)
Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Peter Landesman, based on the exposé "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, published in 2009 by GQ magazine. Set during the 2000s, the film stars Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League trying to suppress hi...
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Bruno Kirby•John Lithgow•Lois Chiles•Scatman Crothers•Nick Nolte•Kathleen Quinlan•Albert Brooks•Austin Pendleton
Finding Nemo 3D (2012)
Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was written by Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds from a story by Stanton. The film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen De...
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Dudley Moore•Armand Assante•Paul Rudd•Joe Mantegna•Kathryn Harrold•Robin Tunney•William Hurt•Tom Hanks•David Morse
This Is 40 (2012)
This Is 40 is a 2012 American realistic comedy film written and directed by Judd Apatow and starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. A "sort-of sequel" to Apatow's 2007 film Knocked Up, the movie centers on married couple Pete (Rudd) and Debbie (Mann), characters introduced in the previous film, whose stressful relationship is compounded by each turning...
Starring: Holly Hunter•Eric Stonestreet•Eugene Levy•Bruce Spence•Robert Prosky•Nastassja Kinski•Paul Reiser•Dianne Wiest•Willem Dafoe•Harry Shearer
Drive (2011)
Drive is a 2011 American action drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The screenplay, written by Hossein Amini, is based on James Sallis's 2005 novel of the same name. The film stars Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver. He quickly grows fond of his neighbor, Irene, and her young son, Benicio. ...
Starring: Yeardley Smith•Eric Stonestreet•Tracey Ullman•Rob Morrow•Andie MacDowell•John Goodman•Elizabeth Perkins•Dennis Farina•Dana Carvey•Alec Baldwin
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons. The film was directed by the show's supervising director David Silverman and stars the show's regular cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Karl Wie...
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Arliss Howard•Julie Kavner•Ving Rhames•Catherine Keener•Oscar Isaac•Brendan Fraser•Joely Richardson•Will Smith•Whittni Wright
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was written by Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds from a story by Stanton. The film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen De...
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Paul Rudd•Robin Tunney•Hank Azaria
The In-Laws (2003)
The In-Laws is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin Tunney, Ryan Reynolds and Candice Bergen. The film is a remake of the original 1979 cult classic of the same name. Scenes for the 2003 film were shot on location in Chicago. The film was a box office failure and received mixed to negative reviews.
Starring: Steve Coogan•Jennifer Lopez•Eric Stonestreet•Luke Wilson•Leslie Mann•David Suchet
My First Mister (2001)
My First Mister is a 2001 American comedy-drama film written by Jill Franklyn and directed by Christine Lahti, in her feature film directorial debut. The film is the story of an alienated teen who forms an unlikely friendship with a lonely clothing store manager. The film co-stars Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Michael McKean and John Goodman.
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Isaiah Washington•Lisa Kudrow
The Muse (1999)
The Muse is a 1999 comedy film starring Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell and Jeff Bridges. It is the sixth film to be directed by Brooks, from a screenplay co-written with Monica Johnson. Stone portrays the titular muse who is tasked with reviving the career of a once-celebrated Hollywood screenwriter, played by Brooks. The film also fe...
Starring: Ellen DeGeneres•Eric Stonestreet•Ron Perlman•Brad Garrett
Out of Sight (1998)
Out of Sight is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel of the same name. The first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and actor George Clooney, it was released on June 26, 1998.
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Leelee Sobieski•Vicki Lewis•Geoffrey Rush•Russi Taylor•Ryan Gosling•Ryan Reynolds•Jason Segel•Alexander Gould
Mother (1996)
Mother is a 1996 American comedy-drama film directed by Albert Brooks, co-written by Brooks with Monica Johnson, and starring Brooks and Debbie Reynolds as son and mother.
Starring: Kevin Hart•Eric Stonestreet•Megan Fox•Ty Burrell
I'll Do Anything (1994)
I'll Do Anything is a 1994 American comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks. While a large part of the film is a satire of the film industry, it also skewers relationships from various angles. Its primary plot concerns a down-on-his-luck actor who suddenly finds himself the sole caretaker of his six-year-old daughter.
Starring: Tress MacNeille•Eric Stonestreet•Carey Mulligan•Oscar Isaac•Charlyne Yi•James Biberi
The Scout (1994)
The Scout is a 1994 American comedy film starring Brendan Fraser and Albert Brooks and directed by Michael Ritchie.
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Louis C.K.•Joe Pingue
Defending Your Life (1991)
Defending Your Life is a 1991 American romantic comedy-fantasy film about a man who finds himself on trial in the afterlife, where proceedings examine his lifelong fears, to determine whether he'll be reincarnated on Earth. Written, directed, and starring Albert Brooks, the film also stars Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, and Buck Henry. Despite ...
Starring: Chris O'Dowd•Maude Apatow•Eric Stonestreet•Bobby Moynihan
Broadcast News (1987)
Broadcast News is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks. The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter, and the latter's charismatic but far less seasoned rival. It also stars Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, a...
Starring: Kaitlin Olson•Ellie Kemper•Eric Stonestreet•Gugu Mbatha-Raw•Jenny Slate•Hayden Rolence•Kevin McCarthy
Lost in America (1985)
Lost in America is a 1985 American satirical road comedy film directed by Albert Brooks and co-written by Brooks with Monica Johnson. The film stars Brooks alongside Julie Hagerty as a married couple who decide to quit their jobs and travel across America.
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Vic Morrow
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Unfaithfully Yours is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, starring Dudley Moore and Nastassja Kinski and featuring Armand Assante and Albert Brooks. The screenplay was written by Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson, and Robert Klane based on Preston Sturges' screenplay for the 1948 film of the same name. The original music sco...
Starring: Eric Stonestreet•Charles Grodin•Armand Assante•Robert De Niro
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 American science fiction anthology film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis. Based on Rod Serling's 1959–1964 television series of the same name, the film features four stories directed by Landis, Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller. Landis' segment is an original story created for the film, while the...
Starring: Goldie Hawn•Peter Boyle•Holly Hunter•Jodie Foster•Cybill Shepherd•Eric Stonestreet•Eileen Brennan
Modern Romance (1981)
Modern Romance is a 1981 American comedy romance film directed by and starring Albert Brooks, who also co-wrote the script with Monica Mcgowan Johnson. It co-stars Kathryn Harrold and Bruno Kirby.
Starring: Bruno Kirby•Eric Stonestreet•Scatman Crothers
Private Benjamin (1980)
Private Benjamin is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, and Harvey Miller, and starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, and Armand Assante.
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan•Dudley Moore•Eric Stonestreet•Armand Assante
Real Life (1979)
Real Life is a 1979 American comedy film starring Albert Brooks, who also co-authored the screenplay. It is a spoof of the 1973 reality television program An American Family and portrays a documentary filmmaker named Albert Brooks who attempts to live with and film a dysfunctional family for one full year.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd•Eric Stonestreet
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying and morally bankrupt New York City following the Vietnam War, the film follows T...
Starring: Kathryn Harrold•Julie Hagerty•Nastassja Kinski•Joan Cusack•Cybill Shepherd•Eric Stonestreet