Max Brooks
Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972)[1] is an American author. He is the son of comedian Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He was a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York.[2]
Max Brooks
May 22, 1972
Writer
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Humor, horror
Career[edit]
Writing[edit]
From 2001 to 2003, Brooks was a member of the writing team at Saturday Night Live.[8]
In 2003, Brooks wrote his first book, The Zombie Survival Guide, a satirical survival manual about zombies. In 2006, Brooks wrote the follow-up World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, a novel on the same subject, set in the ten years following a zombie apocalypse. Paramount Pictures acquired the rights for a film adaptation, and Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, produced the film. In the October 2006 issue of Fangoria, Brooks stated that he would not be writing the screenplay for the motion picture, as he felt he was not an accomplished enough screenwriter to "do it right". J. Michael Straczynski wrote the first version of the screenplay.[9]
Brooks wrote the introduction for the hardcover collected edition of Dynamite Entertainment's zombie miniseries Raise the Dead, released in 2007.[10]
Personal life[edit]
Brooks has been married to playwright Michelle Kholos since 2003. They have one son and live in Venice, California.[3] In October 2020, Brooks and his father appeared in a short video endorsing Joe Biden's presidential campaign.[21]