Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Brickman (April 23, 1949) is an American screenwriter and film director, born in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for the film Risky Business where he served as director and screenwriter. Before transitioning to directing, Brickman began his career penning offbeat films such as The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and Jonathan Demme's Handle with Care. In 1983 he made his directorial debut with Risky Business starring Tom Cruise. In 1990 he w...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Allison
2012
Writer, Director
What happens when you go 90% of the way?
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009
as Self
Teen movies have had a great impact on the movie industry - especially in the 80s. This documentary takes a closer look at the genre's origins and the...
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008
as Self
Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes 'Risky Business' for having the brains to break fro...
Uprising
2001
Writer
In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.
True Crime
1999
Screenplay
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row ...
Men Don't Leave
1990
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.
Deal of the Century
1983
Writer, Executive Producer
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; und...
Risky Business
1983
Director, Screenplay
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home ...
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
1977
Writer
A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged fa...
Citizens Band
1977
Associate Producer, Writer
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
Bone
1972
Camera Operator
A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as h...