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Dennis Brooks(I)

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Brooks at the Hollywood Film Festival, 2004
'Unapologetically brash in dialogue and texture GOODNIGHT JOSEPH PARKER is the classic love story brought to a no-pleasantries bar room. Girl loves man who loves woman, woman isn't worth his time. Into that mix throw in a hopeless drunk with a good heart
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Dennis Brooks received his B.A. at Tufts University for Theater and English Literature and his M.F.A. in Playwriting at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and TV. During his time at UCLA Brooks met director Luis Meza who cast him as one of the leads in his first feature, "Staccatto Purr of the Exhaust." The film premiered in competition at The Sundance Film Festival in 1997.

Brooks is an accomplished actor and has appeared in over thirty stage plays. He has sold scripts for both television and film represented by APA, William Morris and CAA. His directorial debut, "Goodnight Joseph Parker," an adaptation of his theatrical play, was deemed "a brilliant gem of American independent filmmaking" by Mattias Frey in New England Film.
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    Debi Mazar, Paul Sorvino, Richard Edson, Nick Chinlund, Kim Dickens, and Steven Tyler in Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
    Goodnight, Joseph Parker
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 2004
    Martha and Edward
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2014
    House of Buggin' (1995)
    House of Buggin'
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Chacaleria (2024)
    Chacaleria
    8.1
    • Additional Crew
    • 2024

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    Writer



    • Martha and Edward
      Short
      • co-writer
      • 2014
    • Debi Mazar, Paul Sorvino, Richard Edson, Nick Chinlund, Kim Dickens, and Steven Tyler in Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
      Goodnight, Joseph Parker
      5.6
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • House of Buggin' (1995)
      House of Buggin'
      7.5
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1995

    Director



    • Martha and Edward
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2014
    • Debi Mazar, Paul Sorvino, Richard Edson, Nick Chinlund, Kim Dickens, and Steven Tyler in Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
      Goodnight, Joseph Parker
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2004

    Producer



    • Martha and Edward
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2014
    • Debi Mazar, Paul Sorvino, Richard Edson, Nick Chinlund, Kim Dickens, and Steven Tyler in Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
      Goodnight, Joseph Parker
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2004

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      Was roommates with John Leguizamo in Los Angeles in 1996 and 1997.

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