Jerry Bruckheimer

Production · Born 1943-09-21 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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…

Filmography

• According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest as Self
• Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
• The Making of King Arthur as Self
• Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window as Self
• Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
• Diane Warren: Relentless as Self
• On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun as Self
• The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder as Self
• Bad Boys: Legacy as Self