Mel Brooks - Milestones

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• 2005: Voiced master inventor Bigweld in the animated feature "Robots"
• 2000: Wrote the score (including 17 new songs) and adapted his Oscar-winning screenplay for the stage musical version of "The Producers"; opened in Chicago to rave reviews and moved to Broadway in April 2001, where it also earned critical kudos and a record 15 Tony Award nominations, including Book and Score; won a record 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Book and Score
• 1999: With Reiner won Grammy for Spoken Comedy Album for the recording of "The 2000 Year Old Man in 2000"
• 1997: With Carl Reiner wrote the book "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000"
• 1995: Featured as vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing in "Dracula: Dead and Loving It"; also directed, wrote and produced
• 1995: Played himself on an episode of the Fox animated series "The Simpsons"
• 1994: Played Mr Welling in the big-screen version of "The Little Rascals"
• 1993: Made rare TV sitcom appearance on NBC's "Frasier"
• 1993: Featured as Rabbi Tuckman in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"; also directed, produced and co-wrote
• 1992: Executive produced the misfire "The Vagrant"
• 1991: Starred in, directed and wrote the unpopular comedy "Life Stinks"
• 1989: Served as uncredited executive producer on "The Fly II"
• 1987: Played President Skroob and Yogurt in the "Star Wars" spoof "Spaceballs"; also co-wrote, directed and produced
• 1986: Served as executive producer on a successful remake of the 1958 sci-fi flick "The Fly" and the less-than-stellar fantasy "Solarbabies"
• 1982: Served as uncredited executive producer on the Frances Farmer biopic "Frances"
• 1982: Executive produced the film "My Favorite Year", loosely inspired by the behind-the-scenes action at "Your Show of Shows"
• 1981: Played various roles, including Moses and King Louis XVI, in "History of the World, Part I"; also directed, wrote and produced
• 1980: Served as uncredited executive producer of "The Elephant Man", a heartwrenching drama about a man with physical deformities; film was nominated for Best Picture Academy Award
• 1979: Had cameo in "The Muppet Movie"
• 1979: Formed production company Brooksfilms Ltd
• 1977: First film as producer, "High Anxiety"; also acted in and directed
• 1974: Wrote and directed the horror movie spoof "Young Frankenstein"; earned Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
• 1974: Played Governor Lepetomane and Indian Chief in the Western movie parody "Blazing Saddles"; also co-wrote and directed
• 1970: Wrote, directed and starred in the comedy "The Twelve Chairs"
• 1968: First film as director and screenwriter, "The Producers"; also composed song "Springtime for Hitler"; won Academy Award for Best Originaly Screenplay
• 1967: Won Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in a Variety Comedy for "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special" (CBS)
• 1964: Earned Emmy nomination with Buck Henry for Best Writing Achievement in Comedy for penning an episode of "Get Smart!"
• 1963: Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance for "At the Cannes Film Festival"
• 1963: Created and narrated first film, the cartoon, "The Critic"; won Academy Award for Best Short Subject
• 1962: Wrote the book for the Broadway musical "All-American"
• 1961: Nominated for Best Comedy Performance Grammy for "2,000 and One Years"
• 1960: Earned a Grammy nomination with Carl Reiner for Best Spoken Word Comedy for "2,000 Years"
• 1957: Co-wrote the book for the Broadway musical "Shinbone Alley"
• 1954: Film writing debut with "New Faces" (sketches)
• From 1949 to 1958: Worked as sketch writer for Sid Caesar, collaborating on television shows Like "Your Show of Shows" (NBC, 1950-1954)
• Worked variously as jazz drummer, stand-up comedian, handyman and social director for a Catskills resort after World War II
• Had recurring role as Paul's Uncle Phil on the hit NBC sitcom "Mad About You"; won three Emmy Awards for appearances