In the 1980s , Brooks served as president of Guber-Peters Television . Under his leadership , the company produced many notable projects including Barry Levinson 's Rain Man , which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1988 Academy Awards . In 1989 , Brooke left to found his first independent production company , Once Upon a Time Films which went on to produce a variety of television movies in the 1990s and 2000s
1988 Academy Awards
60th Academy Awards
Stanley Brooks