From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Paul Brickman April 23 1949 is an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago Illinois He is best known for the film Risky Business where he served as director and screenwriter Before transitioning to directing Brickman began his career penning offbeat films such as The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and Jonathan Demmes Handle with Care In 1983 he made his directorial debut with Risky Business starring Tom Cruise In 1990 he wrote and directed Men Dont Leave starring Jessica Lange an adaptation of the 1982 French film La Vie Continue Brickman is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Brickman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia