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Brian Grazer

Production

Born July 12, 1951 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Brian Thomas Grazer

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Global Citizen Awards · 2019
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2002
  • Daytime Emmy Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2009 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2002 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 1996 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Original Screenplay · 1985 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Kyle Larson vs. The Double

2026Executive Producer

Earnhardt

2025Producer

The Tiny Chef Show

2022Executive Producer

The Kardashians

2022as Self

Marty, Life Is Short

2026Executive Producer

This Is Us

2016as Brian Grazer

From the Earth to the Moon

1998Producer

Music by John Williams

2024Producer

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

2024Executive Producer

Friday Night Lights

2006Creator, Executive Producer

The Simpsons

1989as Brian Grazer (voice)

The Ms. Pat Show

2021Executive Producer

Lie to Me

2009Executive Producer

Arrested Development

2003as Brian Grazer

A Beautiful Mind

2001Producer

Jim Henson: Idea Man

2024Producer

Thirteen Lives

2022Producer

Light & Magic

2022Executive Producer

Swagger

2021Executive Producer

24

2001Executive Producer

Tetris

2023Executive Producer

Rush

2013Producer

The Gringo Hunters

2025Executive Producer

David Blaine: Do Not Attempt

2025Executive Producer

Churchill at War

2024Executive Producer

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

2023Executive Producer

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021Producer

68 Whiskey

2020Executive Producer

Changeling

2008Producer

American Gangster

2007Producer

Cinderella Man

2005Producer

Under the Banner of Heaven

2022Executive Producer

The Astronauts

2020Executive Producer

Genius

2017Executive Producer

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

2016Producer

The Good Lie

2014Producer

Parenthood

2010Executive Producer, Producer

Apollo 13

1995Executive Music Producer, Producer

We Are: The Brooklyn Saints

Executive Producer

Iconoclasts

as Self

The Lost Children

2024Executive Producer

Prophet's Prey

2015Executive Producer

Inside Man

2006Producer

My Girl

1991Producer

Judy Blume Forever

2023Executive Producer

Paper & Glue

2021Executive Producer

Pavarotti

2019Producer

Pele: Birth of a Legend

2016Producer

Frost/Nixon

2008Producer

Beyond the Mat

1999Producer