Premise: Melvin Brooks ( né Kaminsky , born June 28 , 1926 ) is an American filmmaker , comedian , actor and composer . In middle age , Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s , with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of the year they were released . A musical adaptation of his first film , The Producers , ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 . He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009 , the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 , the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013 , a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015 , a National Medal of Arts in September 2016 , and a BAFTA Fellowship in February 2017 . The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks ' 1968 film of the same name , with lyrics written by Brooks and music composed by Brooks and arranged by Glen Kelly and Doug Besterman .
Hypothesis: Mel Brooks is a person.
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