Biography
Martin Brest (born August 8, 1951) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Brest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Going in Style
2017
Original Film Writer
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very b...
Gigli
2003
Director, Producer, Writer
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in ...
Meet Joe Black
1998
Director, Producer
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soo...
Josh and S.A.M.
1993
Producer
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in ...
Scent of a Woman
1992
Producer, Director
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for ...
Midnight Run
1988
as Airline Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I....
Midnight Run
1988
Producer, Director
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I....
Spies Like Us
1985
as Drive-In Security
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
as Beverly Palms Hotel Checkout Clerk (uncredited)
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, ...
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Director
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, ...
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
as Dr. Miller
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. S...
Going in Style
1979
Screenplay, Director
Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad dayl...
Hot Tomorrows
1977
Writer, Director, Editor
A portrait of a young man, Michael, so obsessed with death that he decorates his room with a life-size Grim Reaper. One night Michael's closest buddy,...
Minestrone
1975
Assistant Director
A paranoid filmmaker is tortured by his taste for the titular Italian soup
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
1972
as Man on Ferry
A down-on-his-luck photographer determined to capture visual magic and fame. He concocts an intricate plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty and sets h...
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
1972
Director, Editor, Writer
A down-on-his-luck photographer determined to capture visual magic and fame. He concocts an intricate plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty and sets h...