About the Author

Douglass K. Daniel is a writer and editor with the Associated Press. He is author of Harry Reasoner: A Life in the News and Lou Grant: The Making of TV’s Top Newspaper Drama.

Reviews

This first major biography of Brooks is a well-written and insightful study of an unfairly neglected filmmaker. ... An enjoyable read for film buffs and historians.""- Library Journal;

""[A] very welcome biography ... I liked Richard Brooks a great deal, and I like Mr. Daniel's biography so much that I wish there were more of it.""- Scott Eyman, The Wall Street Journal