Martin Brest

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 Brests next film was Gigli 2003 After disagreements between Brest and Revolution Studios creative control was taken from him resulting in a radically rewritten and reshot version of the original film being released which became his first and only unprofitable film and in fact a major boxoffice bomb and was widely panned It remains his last film to date Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Brest licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia