What is Max Brooks doing now? Wife, Net Worth, Parents, Family

Known for movies

Short Info

Date Of Birth	May 22, 1972
Spouse	Michelle Kholos Brooks
Fact	His middle name, Michael, is from his maternal grandfather, Michael Italiano.

Max Brooks is an American author, comedian, and actor. He is best known for his book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, which was adapted into a 2013 film.

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Brooks was born in New York City on May 22, 1972, to Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. He has two older siblings, actress Amy Brooks and director Nick Brooks. Brooks was raised in Los Angeles and attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences. He then studied at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English.

Brooks began his career as a writer for the television show Saturday Night Live. He has also written for the films Men in Black 3 and Grown Ups 2. In addition to his work as a writer, Brooks is also a stand-up comedian and has appeared on television shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Brooks’ first book, The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead, was published in 2003. This was followed by World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War in 2006. World War Z was adapted into a film of the same name in 2013, with Brad Pitt starring as United Nations employee Gerry Lane.

In 2009, Brooks published The Harlem Hellfighters, a fictionalized account of the African-American regiment known as the Harlem Hellfighters who served during World War I. In 2016, he released Minecraft: The Island, a novel set in the world of the popular video game Minecraft.

Message me and I’ll answer all your questions… and I’d love to come to KL when things are better.
— Max Brooks (@maxbrooksauthor) October 26, 2021

Brooks is married to playwright and screenwriter Mia Goldman. They have two children together.

As of 2021, Max Brooks’ net worth is $5 million.

General Info

Full Name	Max Brooks
Date Of Birth	May 22, 1972
Profession	Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Author
Education	American University, Pitzer College
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Michelle Kholos Brooks
Children	Henry Michael Brooks
Parents	Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft
Siblings	Stephanie Brooks, Nicky Brooks, Eddie Brooks, Nicholas Brooks

Accomplishments

Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Nominations	WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics
Movies	World War Z 2, The Great Wall, World War Z, The Public Eye

Social profile links

Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaxBrooks
IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0112150

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on Zombieland (2009)] They weren't zombies. It was like some weird mad cow disease.
2	Shaun of the Dead (2004) is an amazing zombie movie but it's also an amazing cultural essay of who Britain was at that point. I think it's sort of the Clerks (1994) of Britain. Real emotions, real drama... I mean, what a movie.
3	[re mother Anne Bancroft] Life is not fair, I'll tell you that. It was hard for her to be a mom, to give up all that and to try and raise me, because she didn't have much of a mom. But she did it. She did an amazing job.
4	[re dyslexia in grade school] I remember I used to come up to my teacher crying because I couldn't read. She would say: 'You can do this. You just don't want to do this.'
5	I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared. I already have a baseline level of just anxiety about the world I live in," he continued, metaphorically pushing the horror genre away from him on the table. "I don't need to go seeking it out.
6	Since 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters, D.C. sniper, global warming, global financial meltdown, bird flu, swine flu, SARS. I think people really feel like the system's breaking down. It's Hurricane Katrina. It's neighbors knifing each other for food, women being raped, the cops not showing up, children dying of starvation, an old lady dying in a wheelchair. If all that happens because of a zombie plague, then you can say, 'Oh, well, that would never happen, because there's no zombies'.
7	You want to talk about ruining a movie? Because the scene where the military commander in 28 Days Later... (2002) says, 'I'm waiting to see how long it takes for the infected to starve to death.' I thought, 'Well, if they eat... then they drink right? They need water?' Well, after four days the human body starts to shut down, so in a purely realistic movie, the dude would wake up out of the hospital and London would just be littered with dehydrated corpses and the movie would be called Four Days Later.
8	I'm a really crappy liar. That's one of the reasons my wife married me because she knows I can never have an affair.
9	If you were a vampire you're at the top of the food chain, and you've been spoiled. You're essentially the aristocracy. You have all these gifts: speed, strength, immortality and anonymity.
10	My rule is that whatever I write has to start with its first fan, which is me, I have to love it, because if I don't love it then it's not worth doing.
11	[re father Mel Brooks] I've no desire to become the next king of Jewish immigrant comics, but I am so proud of my old man.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Release of his book, "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead". [2003]
2	Release of his book, "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War". [2006]
3	Attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences (a K-12 independent, college preparatory school) in Santa Monica, California.
4	He and his parents Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft all have won Emmys.
5	Younger half-brother of Stephanie Brooks, Nicky Brooks and Eddie Brooks.
6	Son, Henry Michael Brooks, was born in April 2005, to him and his wife Michelle Kholos Brooks.
7	His wife, Michelle Kholos Brooks, is a playwright.
8	Worked as a production assistant on Michael Palin's African rail pilgrimage at the BBC.
9	His middle name, Michael, is from his maternal grandfather, Michael Italiano.
10	Was named after his paternal grandfather, Maximillian Kaminsky.
11	Graduated from American University's film school in 1994, after having also attended Pitzer College as a history major and spending a semester at the University of the Virgin Islands.
12	Became engaged to Michelle Kholos Brooks (September 2002).
13	Son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.

Pictures

Movies

Writer

Title	Year	Status
World War Z 2	2017	characters announced
The Great Wall	2016/I	story by completed
World War Z	2013	based on the novel by
Saturday Night Live	2001-2003	TV Series writer - 40 episodes

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Satan Hates You	2010		Reporter
Seen	2004	Short
Justice League	2001	TV Series	Howie
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	2000	TV Series	Tech #2 / Ranger #2 / Punk-Goon #2
Batman Beyond	2000	TV Series	Howard / Drew
Godzilla: The Series	2000	TV Series
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles	1999	TV Series	Lt. Bernstein
The Wild Thornberrys	1999	TV Series	Lead Dog
Melrose Place	1999	TV Series	Messenger
7th Heaven	1999	TV Series	Waiter
Pacific Blue	1997	TV Series	Marty Rosen
Roseanne	1992	TV Series	Snarky Customer
The Public Eye	1992		Teen at Thompson Street
To Be or Not to Be	1983		Rifka's Son

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status
Sons of Guns	2012	TV Series himself - 1 episode
Great Railway Journeys	1994	TV Series documentary production assistant - 6 episodes
Daddy Dearest	1993	TV Series production assistant - 11 episodes

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Watch List	2007	TV Movie co-executive producer

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Watch List	2007	TV Movie co-director

Editorial Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Sibling Rivalry	1990	editorial intern

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	2006	Documentary thanks
The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed	2004	Video short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dear America: The National Initiative	2017	Documentary post-production	Himself
Real Time with Bill Maher	2014-2016	TV Series	Himself - Panelist / Himself - Guest
Tavis Smiley	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Conan	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Doc of the Dead	2014	Documentary	Himself
Zombie Town Hall: Knights of the Living Dead Q&A Session	2013	Video documentary	Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks	2013	TV Movie	Himself - In Attendance (uncredited)
Sons of Guns	2012	TV Series	Himself
Zombies	2011	Documentary
Ancient Aliens	2011	TV Series documentary	Himself
Zombies: A Living History	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Love Lust	2011	TV Series documentary	Himself - Author
The Con	2011	Documentary	Himself
Lost Tapes	2010	TV Series	Himself - Author, World War Z
Zombies: The Truth	2010	Documentary	Himself - Author & Zombie Expert
Comic-Con '08 Live	2008	TV Movie	Himself
Starz presents Zombie Mania	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself
One for the Fire: The Legacy of 'Night of the Living Dead'	2008	Documentary	Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	2007	TV Series	Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2002	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	Saturday Night Live (1975)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2003	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	Saturday Night Live (1975)
2003	WGA Award (TV)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series	Saturday Night Live (1975)