Max Brooks
Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972 in New York City ) is an American writer and screenwriter . He is the son of director Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft .
Career
Max Brooks studied history at Pitzer College and was active as a writer on the television show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2003 .
Brooks is the author of The Zombie Survival Guide , published in 2003 . This humorous guide explains in great detail how to survive in a world full of zombies.
Max Brooks book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (German title: Operation Zombie: Who lives longer, is dead later ), in which it is about a war between humans and zombies , appeared in the United States on 12. September 2006. The book became a bestseller, selling over a million copies by November 2011. Paramount Pictures acquired the filming rights to World War Z for about one million US dollars . Brad Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment was World War Z produce, which appeared in June 2013 in theaters. Pitt himself plays the main character Gerry Lane.
Minecraft - The Island was released in 2018 . The book is the first official Minecraft - novel.
Brooks has been married to screenwriter Michelle Kholos since 2003 . Since 2005 they have had a son together named Henry Michael.
Max Brooks made guest appearances on Roseanne , Pacific Blue, and A Heavenly Family . He was also a voice actor on the animated series Batman of the Future , Captain Buzz Lightyear - Star Command and The Justice League . In March 2012, he was in front of the camera for the Discovery Channel in the reality TV series Sons of Guns , subsequently Zombie Killer .
Trivia
Max Brooks suffers from reading and spelling disorders .
Publications
- Max Brooks: The Zombie Survival Guide. Three Rivers Press, New York City 2003, ISBN 1-4000-4962-8 .
- Max Brooks: The Zombie Survival Guide - Survival Among the Undead. (translated by Joachim Körber ), Goldmann-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-47423-X .
- Operation Zombie: Those who live longer are dead later . Goldmann-Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-46539-2 .
- Zombie parade, stories. Goldmann-Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-47772-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Brooks in the catalog of the German National Library
- Max Brooks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- The island in Minecraft Wikipedia (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brooks's 'World War Z' Hits Sales Milestone , publishersweekly.com
- ↑ Is 'World War Z' The Next Big Hollywood Flop? , businessinsider.com
- ↑ Max Brooks Heads to Sons of Guns to Build the Ultimate Zombie Killing Weapon , accessed April 18, 2012.
- ↑ Glader, Sue: Max Brooks, author * The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity . Retrieved March 29, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brooks, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brooks, Maximillian Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |