Jerry Bruckheimer
Production
Born: Sep 21, 1943
From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits: 21 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Warren: Relentless | Self | 2025 | 5.3 |
| Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert | Self | 2025 | 8.2 |
| Being Eddie | Self | 2025 | 6.988 |
| The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023 | 5.6 |
| On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun | Self | 2020 | 5.8 |
| The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self | 2020 | 7.0 |
| American Dream: Detroit | Self - Interviewee | 2018 | — |
| Vidéo Club TV | Self | 2018 | 7.5 |
| Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self | 2010 | 6.6 |
| Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window | Self | 2007 | 6.0 |
| According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest | Self | 2006 | 8.4 |
| The Making of King Arthur | Self | 2004 | 9.0 |
| Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun | Self | 2004 | 8.0 |
| The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self | 2004 | 7.015 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self | 2003 | 5.417 |
| The Early Show TV | Self | 1999 | 6.333 |
| Armageddon: Target Earth | Self | 1998 | 9.0 |
| The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | 1995 | 9.0 |
| Entertainment Tonight TV | Self | 1981 | 4.269 |
| CBS News Sunday Morning TV | Self | 1979 | 7.045 |
| Grand Prix Sunday TV | Self | — | |
| Known for | Production |
| Credits | 21 |
| Born | 1943 |
| From | Detroit, Michigan, USA |