Mel Brooks is a producer.
High Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks , who also plays the lead . Mel Brooks . His best-known films include The Producers , The Twelve Chairs , Blazing Saddles , Young Frankenstein , Silent Movie , High Anxiety , History of the World , Part I , Spaceballs and Robin Hood : Men in Tights . In 2001 , having previously won an Emmy , a Grammy and an Oscar , he joined a small list of EGOT winners with his Tony award for The Producers .