Martin Brest

Person · Open Library

Born

1951-08-08

Works

4

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Film & TV

Directing · The Bronx, New York City, New York

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…

Known for

• Midnight Run — Airline Ticket Clerk (uncredited)1988
• Spies Like Us — Drive-In Security1985
• Beverly Hills Cop — Beverly Palms Hotel Checkout Clerk (uncredited)1984
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High — Dr. Miller1982
• Hot Dogs for Gauguin — Man on Ferry1972

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

314

Total plays

688

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

   · 2015 · cited 73,090x

2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

   · 1997 · cited 47,717x

3. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,509x

4. STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT

   · 1986 · cited 37,522x

5. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

   · 2000 · cited 36,302x

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Key dates

Born

8 August 1951

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Martin

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

The Bronx

Occupation

actor

Educated at

AFI Conservatory

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language