Jerry Bruckheimer
2 FOLLOWERS • 76 CREDITS • SEP 21, 1943 • 81
Biography
American film and television producer Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Bruckheimer started producing films in the 1970s, after leaving his job in advertising, with director Dick Richards. They had worked together on the films The Culpepper Cattle Company, Farewell, My Lovely, and March or Die. Bruckheimer then worked with Paul Schrader on two movies, American Gigolo and Cat People, which began to give him notice in Hollywood.
His best known television series are CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Eleventh Hour, Without a Trace, Cold Case, The Amazing Race, and Dark Blue. His best known movies include Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, The Rock, Con Air, Coyote Ugly, Crimson Tide, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Gone in 60 Seconds, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the Caribbean, G-Force, King Arthur, Prince of Persia and the National Treasure franchise.
Many of his films were produced by Paramount and Disney, while many of his television series were co-produced by Warner Bros. As of 2010, Bruckheimer has produced over 40 feature films, and is regarded in the industry as one of the most successful movie producers of all time.
Bruckheimer has been married twice. His first wife was Bonnie Bruckheimer. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his second wife, novelist Linda Bruckheimer. He also has one stepdaughter, Alexandra. The couple also owns a farm in Bloomfield, Kentucky, as well as another in Ojai, south of Santa Barbara
Known For
Production Credits
Glory Road
Eleventh Hour
Deliver Us from Evil
The Lone Ranger
F1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pearl Harbor
Fire Country
National Treasure
Miami Medical
The Rock
Beyblade
Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Reboot
Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Spin-Off
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Crimson Tide
American Gigolo
Coyote Ugly
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Young Woman and the Sea
Hightown
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Black Hawk Down
Secret Headquarters
Lucifer
CSI: Vegas
National Treasure: Edge of History
Thief
Flashdance
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Close to Home
Bad Boys for Life
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Top Gun
The Ref
The Amazing Race
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Top Gun: Maverick
National Treasure 3
Sheriff Country
Dangerous Minds
Skin
Council of Dads
E-Ring
G-Force
Bad Boys II
Remember the Titans
12 Strong
Bad Boys
Beverly Hills Cop II
Top Gun 3
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
CSI: NY
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Con Air
CSI: Miami
Cold Case
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Déjà Vu
Gemini Man
Beverly Hills Cop
Thief of Hearts
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Without a Trace
American Gigolo
Armageddon
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