American screenwriter, voice artist, and author. He is the son of comedy director Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft.
He worked in the writing team of the television series Saturday Night Live between 2001 and 2003.
He attracted attention with his work The Zombie Survival Guide, published in 2003, in which he described survival methods during a zombie attack.
Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American author. He is the son of comedian Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He was a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York.
Published in 2006, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War attracted great attention and its rights were acquired by Paramount Pictures. The film was produced by Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, and the film, also starring Brad Pitt, was released in 2013.
It surpassed Resident Evil: Afterlife to become the most-watched zombie movie of all time.