Production
Brian Grazer
Born 1951-07-12
Los Angeles, California, USA
Department: Production
Biography
Brian Thomas Grazer (born July 12, 1951) is an American film and television producer. He founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986 with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $15 billion. Grazer was personally nominated for four Academy Awards for Splash (1984), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and Frost/Nixon (2008). His films and TV series have been nominated for 47 Academy Awards and 217 Emmy Awards. In 2002, Grazer won an Oscar for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind (shared with Ron Howard). In 2007, he was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People in the World". Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Grazer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Brian Grazer
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The Simpsons
1989
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A Beautiful Mind
2001
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The Da Vinci Code
2006
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
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Rush
2013
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8 Mile
2002
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Angels & Demons
2009
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Inferno
2016
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Inside Man
2006
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Liar Liar
1997
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (243 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alone at Dawn | Producer | Movie | 2027 | |
| Snoop | Producer | Movie | 2027 | |
 | Spaceballs: The New One | Producer | Movie | 2027 |
 | How to Rob a Bank | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | The Mosquito Bowl | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Whalefall | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Kyle Larson vs. The Double | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Avedon | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Marty, Life Is Short | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Summer of '94 | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | The 'Burbs | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Being Eddie | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | After the Hunt | Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Gringo Hunters | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything | Executive Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Earnhardt | Producer | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Pets | Executive Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Eden | Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2025 |
 | David Blaine: Do Not Attempt | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Harlem Ice | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Enterprise or Love: The Story of Far and Away | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Churchill at War | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Lost Children | Executive Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | Music by John Williams | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Frida | Executive Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Dynasty: New England Patriots | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Truth About Jim | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Choir | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Candy Cane Lane | Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | aka Mr. Chow | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | Carlos | Executive Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Super Models | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The Slumber Party | Executive Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Beanie Bubble | Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman | Executive Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | Tetris | Executive Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | Bossy Bear | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Judy Blume Forever | Executive Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | Taiwan Crime Stories | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Personality Crisis: One Night Only | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Tiny Chef Show | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Wedding Season | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | LIGHT & MAGIC | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Thirteen Lives | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Leave No Trace | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Kardashians | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | We Feed People | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Downfall: The Case Against Boeing | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
| Downfall: The Case Against Boeing | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Lucy and Desi | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Paper & Glue | Executive Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | tick, tick... BOOM! | Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Julia | Executive Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Swagger | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Gossip | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | The Ms. Pat Show | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Who Are You, Charlie Brown? | Executive Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Day Sports Stood Still | Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | We Are: The Brooklyn Saints | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | On Pointe | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
 | The Astronauts | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Hillbilly Elegy | Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | Filthy Rich | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Curious George: Go West, Go Wild | Executive Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV Series | 2020 |
 | D. Wade: Life Unexpected | Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band | Executive Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | Rebuilding Paradise | Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | 68 Whiskey | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Dads | Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Being Frank | Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Pavarotti | Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Backdraft 2 | Executive Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Spy Who Dumped Me | Producer | Movie | 2018 |
| The Spy Who Dumped Me | Executive Producer | Movie | 2018 |
 | American Made | Producer | Movie | 2017 |
 | Lowriders | Producer | Movie | 2017 |
 | Genius | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Shots Fired | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2017 |
 | 24: Legacy | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Mars | Creator | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Inferno | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
 | This Is Us | Brian Grazer | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
 | Pelé: Birth of a Legend | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
 | In the Heart of the Sea | Producer | Movie | 2015 |
 | Rock the Kasbah | Executive Producer | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Bastard Executioner | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Prophet's Prey | Executive Producer | Movie | 2015 |
 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Executive Producer | Movie | 2015 |
| Nerd Herd | Executive Producer | Movie | 2015 | |
 | The Good Lie | Producer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Get On Up | Producer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Made in America | Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Rush | Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest | Executive Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Producer | Movie | 2012 |
 | J. Edgar | Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | Tower Heist | Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Playboy Club | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Restless | Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | Friends with Benefits | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Cowboys & Aliens | Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Dilemma | Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | Robin Hood | Producer | Movie | 2010 |
 | Parenthood | Producer | TV Series | 2010 |
| Parenthood | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Executive Producer | Movie | 2009 |
 | Angels & Demons | Producer | Movie | 2009 |
 | Lie to Me | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Changeling | Producer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Frost/Nixon | Producer | Movie | 2008 |
 | American Gangster | Producer | Movie | 2007 |
 | Cannes: All Access | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Bra Boys | Executive Producer | Movie | 2007 |
 | Friday Night Lights | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2006 |
| Friday Night Lights | Creator | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Shark | Producer | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Curious George | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Treasure Hunters | Producer | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Da Vinci Code | Producer | Movie | 2006 |
 | Inside Man | Producer | Movie | 2006 |
 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Producer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Iconoclasts | Self | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Flightplan | Producer | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Inside | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Cinderella Man | Producer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Inside Deep Throat | Producer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Friday Night Lights | Producer | Movie | 2004 |
 | Making a 'Splash' | Self - Producer | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Missing | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Cat in the Hat | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
 | Arrested Development | Brian Grazer | TV Series | 2003 |
| Arrested Development | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Intolerable Cruelty | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
 | Miss Match | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Making of '8 Mile' | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | 8 Mile | Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Blue Crush | Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Undercover Brother | Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Inside a Beautiful Mind | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | A Beautiful Mind | Producer | Movie | 2001 |
 | 24 | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2001 |
| The Beast | Producer | TV Series | 2001 | |
| Silicon Follies | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 | |
 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Producer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Producer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Wonderland | Producer | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Rat Bastard | Executive Producer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Beyond the Mat | Producer | Movie | 1999 |
 | Bowfinger | Producer | Movie | 1999 |
 | Psycho Path | Self | Movie | 1999 |
 | Life | Producer | Movie | 1999 |
 | EDtv | Producer | Movie | 1999 |
 | The PJs | Executive Producer | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Psycho | Producer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Felicity | Producer | TV Series | 1998 |
| Felicity | Executive Producer | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Sports Night | Producer | TV Series | 1998 |
| Sports Night | Executive Producer | TV Series | 1998 |
 | From the Earth to the Moon | Producer | TV Series | 1998 |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Creator | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Mercury Rising | Producer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Inventing the Abbotts | Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Liar Liar | Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Ransom | Producer | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Chamber | Producer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Self | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Nutty Professor | Producer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Fear | Producer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Sgt. Bilko | Producer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13 | Self | Movie | 1995 |
 | Apollo 13 | Producer | Movie | 1995 |
| Apollo 13 | Executive Music Producer | Movie | 1995 |
 | Your Studio and You | Brian Grazer | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Cowboy Way | Producer | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Paper | Producer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Greedy | Producer | Movie | 1994 |
 | My Girl 2 | Producer | Movie | 1994 |
 | For Love or Money | Producer | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat | Producer | Movie | 1993 |
 | CB4 | Executive Producer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Boomerang | Producer | Movie | 1992 |
 | Housesitter | Producer | Movie | 1992 |
| Housesitter | Story | Movie | 1992 |
 | Far and Away | Producer | Movie | 1992 |
 | My Girl | Producer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Backdraft | Executive Producer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Closet Land | Executive Producer | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Doors | Executive Producer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Kindergarten Cop | Producer | Movie | 1990 |
 | Cry-Baby | Executive Producer | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Simpsons | Brian Grazer (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Parenthood | Producer | Movie | 1989 |
 | Like Father Like Son | Producer | Movie | 1987 |
 | Armed and Dangerous | Producer | Movie | 1986 |
| Armed and Dangerous | Screenplay | Movie | 1986 |
 | Spies Like Us | Producer | Movie | 1985 |
 | Shadow Chasers | Story | TV Series | 1985 |
| Shadow Chasers | Creator | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Real Genius | Producer | Movie | 1985 |
 | Splash | Producer | Movie | 1984 |
| Splash | Screenstory | Movie | 1984 |
 | Night Shift | Producer | Movie | 1982 |
 | Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery | Producer | Movie | 1978 |
 | Zuma Beach | Producer | Movie | 1978 |
 | Frenemy of the State | Producer | Movie | — |
| Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Scar Tissue | Producer | Movie | — | |
| The Sound of Philadelphia | Executive Producer | Movie | — | |
| The Shrinking of Treehorn | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Splash | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Friday Night Lights | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Spy vs. Spy | Producer | Movie | — | |
| The Fixer | Producer | Movie | — | |
 | Curious George | Producer | Movie | — |
| Rager | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Untitled Ron Howard Firefighter Film | Producer | Movie | — | |
 | Dangerously Funny | Producer | Movie | — |
| The Last Letter | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Angel Down | Producer | Movie | — | |
 | Untitled Breakfast at Tiffany's Making of Film | Producer | Movie | — |
| Pa'l Pueblo: Fania for the People | Executive Producer | Movie | — | |
 | Untitled How the Grinch Stole Christmas Sequel | Producer | Movie | — |
| Wild Things | Executive Producer | TV Series | — |