Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerome Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is an American film and television producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to Jewish immigrants from Germany.

Bruckheimer graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Arizona.

A film buff at an early age with an interest in photography, Bruckheimer was a photo fanatic and would take snapshots when he had the opportunity, a camera dangling around his neck. After college, Bruckheimer moved to New York City where he worked in the mail room of an advertising agency. Eventually, Bruckheimer segued into commercial producing when he got wind of an opportunity to produce a motion picture. Subsequently, Bruckheimer moved to Los Angeles where he's remained ever since.

During the 1980s and 1990s, he was a co-producer with the late Don Simpson of a string of highly successful Hollywood films for Paramount Pictures. His first big hit was with 1983's Flashdance, and he had a number of others including the Beverly Hills Cop films, Top Gun, and Days of Thunder. Most featured elaborate special effects, a thumping pop music soundtrack, simplistic plots, and highly telegenic if sometimes improbable cast members.

Despite the setback of the untimely death of Simpson in 1996, Bruckheimer has continued to produce a large number of action movies often working with Director Michael Bay for several hits including Armageddon. His other hit movies produced include Remember the Titans, Black Hawk Down and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Since 1997 he has branched out into television, creating a number of police dramas of which CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has been the most successful. He has also produced the reality game show The Amazing Race.

Bruckheimer has been married twice, and currently lives in Bloomfield, Kentucky.

In May 2006, he was honored with a doctor of fine arts degree from the University of Arizona's College of Fine Arts.

Filmography (producer)

Film

• National Treasure 2 (2007/8)
• Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (2007)
• Déjà Vu (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
• Glory Road (2006)
• National Treasure (2004)
• King Arthur (2004)
• Bad Boys II (2003)
• Veronica Guerin (2003)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
• Kangaroo Jack (2003)
• Bad Company (2002)
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• Remember the Titans (2000)
• Coyote Ugly (2000)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Armageddon (1998)
• Con Air (1997)
• The Rock (1996)
• Dangerous Minds (1995)
• Crimson Tide (1995)
• Bad Boys (1995)
• The Ref (1994)     (exec. producer)
• Days of Thunder (1990)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• Top Gun (1986)
• Thief of Hearts (1984)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Flashdance (1983)
• Young Doctors in Love (1982)
• Cat People (1982) (exec. producer)
• Thief (1981)
• Defiance (1980)
• American Gigolo (1980)
• March or Die (1977)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
• The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972) (associate producer)

Television

Drama

• Modern Men (2006) TV series (exec. producer)
• E-Ring (2005) TV series (exec. producer)
• Close to Home (2005) TV Series (exec. producer)
• Just Legal (2005) TV Series (exec. producer)
• CSI: NY (2004) TV Series (exec. producer)
• Fearless (2004) (TV) (co-producer, exec. producer)
• Skin (2003) TV Series (exec. producer)
• Cold Case (2003) TV Series (exec. producer)
• Profiles from the Front Line (2003) TV Series (exec. producer)
• Without a Trace (2002) TV Series (exec. producer)
• CSI: Miami (2002) TV Series (exec. producer)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) TV Series (exec. producer)
• Swing Vote (1999) (TV) (exec. producer)
• Max Q (1998) (TV) (exec. producer)
• Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) TV Series (exec. producer)

Reality Television

• The Amazing Race 9 (2006) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 8 (2005) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 7 (2005) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 6 (2004) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 5 (2004) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 4 (2003) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 3 (2002) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 2 (2002) TV Series (exec. producer)
• The Amazing Race 1 (2001) TV Series (exec. producer)

External links

• Jerry Bruckheimer at IMDb
• Interview, 1/12/06, LIFETEEN.com
• Bruckheimer has a Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream IV tail number N477JB.