Martin Brest was born on August 8,1951 and is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
10 Facts About Martin Brest
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Martin Brest then directed Scent of a Woman, starring Al Pacino, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, and earned Brest nominations for Best Director and Best Picture.
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Martin Brest followed it with Meet Joe Black, which received mixed reviews.
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Martin Brest was born to Eastern European immigrant parents in a working-class neighborhood in the Bronx in 1951.
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Martin Brest graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1969 and from New York University's School of the Arts in 1973.
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Martin Brest attended the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 1977.
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Martin Brest was then hired to direct WarGames, which starred Matthew Broderick, but he was fired three weeks into production amid conflicts with the film's executive producer, and replaced with John Badham.
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Martin Brest was then in pre-production for Rain Man, when he cast Tom Cruise for the role opposite Dustin Hoffman, before Barry Levinson eventually directed the film.
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Martin Brest's next film, Meet Joe Black, starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins, was a loose remake of 1934's Death Takes a Holiday.
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Martin Brest wrote and directed Gigli, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.