Martin Brest

8 films directed

Biography

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. He then directed Scent of a Woman (1992), starring Al Pacino, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, and earned Brest nominations for Best Director and Best Picture.

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 unprofitable film and, in fact, a major box-office bomb and was widely panned. It remains his last film to date.

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The career in numbers

US$ 246 mi Total budget from 6 film(s) with data
US$ 669 mi Total box office from 6 film(s) with data
US$ 41 mi Average budget from 6 film(s) with data
US$ 112 mi Average box office from 6 film(s) with data
6.8 Average rating from 6 film(s) with data
2.7× Return on investment from 6 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Gigli	2003	US$ 76 mi	US$ 7 mi	4.0
Meet Joe Black	1998	US$ 90 mi	US$ 143 mi	7.4
Scent of a Woman	1992	US$ 31 mi	US$ 134 mi	7.8
Midnight Run	1988	US$ 30 mi	US$ 38 mi	7.2
Beverly Hills Cop	1984	US$ 14 mi	US$ 316 mi	7.2
Going in Style	1979	US$ 6 mi	US$ 30 mi	7.0
Hot Tomorrows	1977	—	—	7.5
Hot Dogs for Gauguin	1972	—	—	6.8