Mel Brooks

Born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, he made his debut as a writer on Your Show of Shows and is joined by other writers such as Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Danny Simon. He also created a comedy sketch with Carl Reiner called 2000 Year Old Man and created the comedy show called Get Smart with Buck Henry. The show ran for five years from 1965 to 1970. Brooks also directed movies such as Silent Movie, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, High Anxiety, and History Of The World, Part 1. For the works he created during his prime, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and other accolades, most notably receiving AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013.

He is one of the few personalities who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT) Award. He has a son named Max Brooks, the man behind the novel World War Z. With that awesome novel to Max’s name, his father’s investment money for his education when he was still studying was worth it.