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AKA: Jerome Leon Bruckheimer, Jerome Leon Bruckheimer
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/21/1945
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
biography
A former advertising executive who moved into film production in the early 1970s, Jerry Bruckheimer has given audiences movies, videos and soundtracks that have topped $11 billion in grosses to date. Together with the late Don Simpson, with whom he formed Simpson-Bruckheimer Productions in 1983, the producer set the trend for the big-budget, action/adventure films that dominated Hollywood's output throughout the 1980s and 90s. Their joint ventures included "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984) and "Top Gun" (1986), both among the 20 highest-grossing features of all time and both produced via the
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Executive Producer
2003
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Received attention for a Pontiac commercial he made which spoofed "Bonnie and Clyde"
1972
First film as associate producer, "The Culpepper Cattle Company" (with Dick Richards)
1975
First producing credit, "Farewell, My Lovely" (with Dick Richards)
1982
Debut as executive producer, the remake of "Cat People"
1983
Co-founded Simpson-Bruckheimer Productions with Don Simpson; signed exclusive five-year production deal with Paramount Pictures
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