Jerry Bruckheimer
Production
Born September 21, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising from college, Bruckheimer moved into film production in the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, he partnered with fellow producer Don Simpson. Bruckheimer and Simpson's partnership continued until Simpson died in 1996. Bruckheimer has produced films including Flashdance, The Rock, Crimson Tide, Dangerous Minds, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, as well as the Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Bad Boys, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises. At the helm of his self-titled production company, he has produced films distributed by numerous film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Disney. At the same time, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios have co-produced his television works. In July 2003, Bruckheimer was honoured by Variety as the first in Hollywood history to produce the first and second-highest-grossing films of a single weekend: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Bad Boys II. In 2023, Top Gun: Maverick earned him a nomination for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards.
Filmography
Grand Prix Sunday
Self
Untitled Top Gun 3
Spaceless
Heat 2
EPIC: The Musical
Fearless
Being Eddie
Self
Sheriff Country
Boston Blue
F1
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
Self
Diane Warren: Relentless
Self
The Real CSI: Miami
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Young Woman and the Sea
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
National Treasure: Edge of History
Fire Country
American Gigolo
Secret Headquarters
Top Gun: Maverick
CSI: Vegas
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
Self
On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun
Self
Hightown
Council of Dads
Bad Boys for Life
Gemini Man
L.A.'s Finest
Vidéo Club
Self
American Dream: Detroit
Self - Interviewee
12 Strong
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Lucifer
CSI: Immortality
Deliver Us from Evil
The Lone Ranger
Take the Money and Run
The Amazing Race Australia
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
The Whole Truth
Chase
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Miami Medical
The Forgotten
G-Force
Dark Blue
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Eleventh Hour
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Gone Baby Gone
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
Self
Déjà Vu
Justice
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Modern Men
Glory Road
E-Ring
Close to Home
Just Legal
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion
Self
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
Self
National Treasure
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
CSI: NY
The Making of King Arthur
Self
King Arthur
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
Self
Skin
Cold Case
Bad Boys II
Veronica Guerin
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Kangaroo Jack
Without a Trace
CSI: Miami
Bad Company
Black Hawk Down
The Amazing Race
Pearl Harbor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Remember the Titans
Coyote Ugly
Gone in Sixty Seconds
The Early Show
Self
Swing Vote
Enemy of the State
Armageddon
Armageddon: Target Earth
Self
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
Con Air
Dangerous Minds
The Rock
Dangerous Minds
Crimson Tide
Bad Boys
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self
The Ref
Days of Thunder
Beverly Hills Cop II
Top Gun
Beverly Hills Cop
Thief of Hearts
Flashdance
Young Doctors in Love
Cat People
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Thief
Defiance
American Gigolo
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
March or Die
Farewell, My Lovely
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
The Culpepper Cattle Co.