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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

26

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-08 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York

Also Known As

Martin Brest

Biography

Martin Brest (born August 8, 1951) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. After his feature debut, Going in Style (1979), he directed the action comedies Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Midnight Run (1988), which were critical and commercial hits. He then directed Scent of a Woman (1992), starring Al Pacino, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, and earned Brest nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. He followed it with Meet Joe Black (1998), which received mixed reviews. Brest's next film was Gigli (2003). After disagreements between Brest and Revolution Studios, creative control was taken from him, resulting in a radically re-written and re-shot version of the original film being released, which became his first and only unprofitable film and, in fact, a major box-office bomb and was widely panned. It remains his last film to date. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Brest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Midnight Run

1988

Midnight Run

as

Airline Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Beverly Hills Cop

1984

Beverly Hills Cop

as

Beverly Palms Hotel Checkout Clerk (uncredited)

Hot Dogs for Gauguin

1972

Hot Dogs for Gauguin

as

Man on Ferry

Spies Like Us

1985

Spies Like Us

as

Drive-In Security

Production

Crew

Directing