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- Born
- 1943-09-21
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Production · 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…
Known for
- Diane Warren: Relentless — Self2025
- Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert — Self2025
- Being Eddie — Self2025
- The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
- On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun — Self2020
- The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder — Self2020
- American Dream: Detroit — Self - Interviewee2018
- Vidéo Club — Self2018
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible — Self2010
- Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window — Self2007
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Key facts
- Born
- Jerome Leonard Bruckheimer , ( 1943-09-21 ) September 21, 1943 (age 82) , Detroit , Michigan, U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Arizona ( BA )
- Occupations
- Producer advertiser
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Organization
- Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Notable work
- Pirates of the Caribbean Bad Boys National Treasure Beverly Hills Cop Top Gun CSI Armageddon Black Hawk Down
- Spouses
- Bonnie Fishman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1974 ) Linda Cobb ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 21 September 1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jerry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- producer
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- drama fiction
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Jerome Leonard Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising out of 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's death in 1996. Bruckheimer has produced films including Flashdance, Days of Thunder, 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 that have been produced in association with and distributed by numerous film studios such as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Disney, while his television works have been co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios. In July 2003, Bruckheimer was honored 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 his first Academy Award nomination for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards. He was nominated again in the same category for F1 (2025).
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