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. Brest then directed
Scent of a Woman (1992), starring Al Pacino, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. 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 non-profitable film and, in fact, a major box office bomb, receiving scathing reviews. It remains...
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