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
Thief of Hearts
Coyote Ugly
Cold Case
Pearl Harbor
Close to Home
Déjà Vu
CSI: Vegas
F1
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Crimson Tide
Armageddon
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Beyblade
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The Ref
Top Gun 3
Skin
National Treasure 3
American Gigolo
Con Air
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Bad Boys for Life
E-Ring
The Amazing Race
Sheriff Country
Beverly Hills Cop
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Bad Boys
National Treasure
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Gemini Man
Beverly Hills Cop II
G-Force
Flashdance
Secret Headquarters
Glory Road
Fire Country
American Gigolo
Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Spin-Off
Deliver Us from Evil
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
CSI: Miami
Top Gun: Maverick
Dangerous Minds
Black Hawk Down
Eleventh Hour
Hightown
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Bad Boys II
12 Strong
CSI: NY
National Treasure: Edge of History
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Thief
Remember the Titans
Council of Dads
Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Reboot
The Rock
Lucifer
The Lone Ranger
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Top Gun
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Miami Medical
Without a Trace
Young Woman and the Sea
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
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