Career Highlights: Risky Business, Citizens Band, Men Don't Leave
First Major Screen Credit: The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
Biography
American screenwriter Paul Brickman is known for penning offbeat films such as Demme's Handle with Care/Citizen's Band (1977). In 1983, he made his directorial debut with Risky Business for which he also wrote the screenplay. Brickman began his career as a camera assistant and story analyst. In 1990 he wrote and directed Men Don't Leave, an adaptation of the French film La Vie Continue (1982). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide