# List of awards and nominations received by James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks is an American filmmaker. He is known for his work as a writer-director-producer.
Brooks is mostly known for his film work often directing films such as Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as it Gets (1997). He has received eight Academy Award nominations winning three for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Terms of Endearment. He also received six Golden Globe Award nominations winning for Best Screenplay for Terms of Endearment. He also received a Directors Guild of America Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award.
He is also known for his work on television including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi and The Simpsons. He has received 62 Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning 21 awards in various categories.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1984 | Best Picture | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1984 | Best Director | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1984 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1988 | Best Picture | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Original Screenplay | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Picture | Jerry Maguire | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Picture | As Good as it Gets | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Original Screenplay | As Good as it Gets | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1984 | Best Director | Terms of Endearment | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Screenplay | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1988 | Best Director | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Screenplay | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Director | As Good as it Gets | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Screenplay | As Good as it Gets | Nominated |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1971 | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Nominated |
| 1971 | Outstanding New Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Nominated |
| 1971 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show for "Support Your Local Mothers" | Won |
| 1972 | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Nominated |
| 1973 | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Nominated |
| 1973 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show for "The Good-Time News" | Nominated |
| 1974 | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Nominated |
| 1975 | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| 1975 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Rhoda | Nominated |
| 1975 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Rhoda for "Rhoda's Wedding" | Nominated |
| 1976 | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| 1977 | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| 1977 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show for "The Last Show" | Won |
| 1978 | Outstanding Drama Series | Lou Grant | Nominated |
| 1979 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | Won |
| 1980 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | Won |
| 1981 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | Won |
| 1982 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | Nominated |
| 1983 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | Nominated |
| 1987 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The Tracey Ullman Show | Nominated |
| 1987 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The Tracey Ullman Show | Nominated |
| 1988 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The Tracey Ullman Show | Nominated |
| 1988 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The Tracey Ullman Show | Nominated |
| 1989 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The Tracey Ullman Show | Won |
| 1989 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The Tracey Ullman Show | Nominated |
| 1990 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Life on the Fast Lane" | Won |
| 1990 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" | Nominated |
| 1990 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series | The Tracey Ullman Show | Nominated |
| 1990 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show | Nominated |
| 1990 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | The Tracey Ullman Show | Won |
| 1991 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" | Won |
| 1992 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Radio Bart" | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Lisa's Wedding" | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror VI" | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Homer's Phobia" | Won |
| 1998 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Trash of the Titans" | Won |
| 1999 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Viva Ned Flanders" | Nominated |
| 2000 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Behind the Laughter" | Won |
| 2001 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "HOMR" | Won |
| 2002 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "She of Little Faith" | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Three Gays of the Condo" | Won |
| 2004 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "The Way We Weren't" | Nominated |
| 2005 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Future-Drama" | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" | Won |
| 2007 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "The Haw-Hawed Couple" | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" | Won |
| 2009 | Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) | The Simpsons for "Gone Maggie Gone" | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Angry Dad: The Movie" | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Holidays of Future Passed" | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror XXV" | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Halloween of Horror" | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "The Town" | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program | The Simpsons for "Planet of the Couches" | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Gone Boy" | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Mad About the Toy" | Won |
| 2020 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Thanksgiving of Horror" | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "The Dad-Feelings Limited" | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Short Form Animated Program | The Simpsons for "The Force Awakens from Its Nap" | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Pixelated and Afraid" | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Short Form Animated Program | The Simpsons for "When Billie Met Lisa" | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" | Won |
| 2024 | Outstanding Animated Program | The Simpsons for "Night of the Living Wage" | Nominated |

## Guild awards
### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1983 | Outstanding Director - Feature Film | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1987 | Outstanding Director - Feature Film | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Director - Feature Film | As Good as it Gets | Nominated |

### Producers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1997 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | As Good as it Gets | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Norman Lear Achievement Award In Television | n/a | Won | |

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1983 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Original Screenplay | As Good as it Gets | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1983 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Director | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1983 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1983 | National Board of Review | Best Director | Terms of Endearment | Won |
| 1987 | Berlin International Film Festival | Golden Bear | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Director | Broadcast News | 2nd place |
| 1987 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Director | Broadcast News | Won |
| 1987 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Screenplay | Broadcast News | Won |
| 1987 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | Broadcast News | Nominated |
| 1987 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Original Screenplay | Broadcast News | Won |
| 1987 | Satellite Award | Best Film | Broadcast News | Won |
| 1987 | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Original Screenplay | Broadcast News | Won |
| 1987 | Saturn Award | Best Fantasy Film | Big | Nominated |
| 2007 | Saturn Award | Best Animated Film | The Simpsons Movie | Nominated |