Brian Grazer(I)
- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Emmy and Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer has been making movies and
television programs for more than 25 years. As both a writer and
producer, he has been personally nominated for four Academy Awards, and
in 2002 won the Best Picture Oscar for
A Beautiful Mind (2001). In
addition to winning three other Academy Awards, "A Beautiful Mind" also
won four Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture Drama) and
earned Grazer the first annual Awareness Award from the National Mental
Health Awareness Campaign.
Over the years, Grazer's films and TV shows have been nominated for 43 Oscars and 198 Emmys. At the same time his movies have
generated more than $15 billion in worldwide theatrical, music and
video grosses. Reflecting this combination of commercial and artistic
achievement, the Producers Guild of America honored Grazer with the
David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2001. His accomplishments have also been recognized by the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which in 1998 added Grazer to the short
list of producers with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On March
6, 2003. ShoWest celebrated Grazer's success by honoring him with its
Lifetime Achievement Award. On November 14, 2005, Grazer was honored in
Los Angeles by the Fulfillment Fund. In May 2007 he was chosen by Time
Magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World." On
January 24 Grazer, along with his partner
Ron Howard, was honored with the
Milestone Award by the Producers Guild of America.
In addition to "A Beautiful Mind", Grazer's films include
Apollo 13 (1995), for which Grazer won
the Producers Guild's Darryl F. Zanuck
Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award as well as an Oscar
nomination for Best Picture of 1995; and
Splash (1983), which he co-wrote as well
as produced and for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best
Original Screenplay of 1986.
Grazer also produced the film adaptation of
Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed
play "Frost/Nixon"
(Frost/Nixon (2008)), directed by Ron
Howard. The film was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best
Picture, and was also nominated for The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of
the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the PGA.
Grazer also produced
Angels & Demons (2009), the
adaptation of Dan Brown's
bast-selling novel, and
Robin Hood (2010), directed by
Ridley Scott and with
Russell Crowe,
Cate Blanchett and
Max von Sydow.
Some more of Grazer's feature film credits include the drama
The Changeling (2006), directed by
Clint Eastwood and starring
Angelina Jolie; the Ridley Scott-directed
drama American Gangster (2007),
staring Russell Crowe and
Denzel Washington;
The Da Vinci Code (2006), the
film adaptation of Dan Brown's international best-seller, starring
Tom Hanks and directed by Oscar-winner Ron
Howard; the tense drama
The Inside Man (2005), directed by
Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington,
Clive Owen and
Jodie Foster;
Flightplan (2005);
Cinderella Man (2005); the
Sundance acclaimed documentary
Inside Deep Throat (2005); the
TV series
Friday Night Lights (2006);
8 Mile (2002);
Blue Crush (2002);
Intolerable Cruelty (2003);
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000);
The Nutty Professor (1996);
Liar Liar (1997);
Ransom (1996);
My Girl (1991);
Backdraft (1991);
Kindergarten Cop (1990);
Parenthood (1989);
Clean and Sober (1988); and
Spies Like Us (1985).
Grazer's television productions include Fox's hit Golden Globe and Emmy
award winning Best Drama Series 24 (2001),
NBC's Peabody Award-winning series "Friday Night Lights" and Fox's
Lie to Me (2009), starring
Tim Roth, which premiered in January
2009. He is also working on additional television projects including
Parenthood (2010), based on his
1989 film, and Wonderland (2000),
directed by Peter Berg. His
additional television credits include Fox's Emmy award winning-Best
Comedy
Arrested Development (2003),
CBS' Shark (2006), NBC's
Miss Match (2003), WB's
Felicity (1998), ABC's
Sports Night (1998), as well as
HBO's
From the Earth to the Moon (1998),
for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Mini-Series.
Grazer began his career as a producer, developing television projects.
It was while he was executive-producing TV pilots for Paramount
Pictures in the early 1980s that Grazer first met Ron Howard, soon to
become his friend and business partner. Their collaboration began in
1985 with the hit comedies
Night Shift (1982) and Splash (1983), and
in 1986 the two founded Imagine Entertainment, which they continue to
run together as chairmen.
television programs for more than 25 years. As both a writer and
producer, he has been personally nominated for four Academy Awards, and
in 2002 won the Best Picture Oscar for
A Beautiful Mind (2001). In
addition to winning three other Academy Awards, "A Beautiful Mind" also
won four Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture Drama) and
earned Grazer the first annual Awareness Award from the National Mental
Health Awareness Campaign.
Over the years, Grazer's films and TV shows have been nominated for 43 Oscars and 198 Emmys. At the same time his movies have
generated more than $15 billion in worldwide theatrical, music and
video grosses. Reflecting this combination of commercial and artistic
achievement, the Producers Guild of America honored Grazer with the
David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2001. His accomplishments have also been recognized by the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which in 1998 added Grazer to the short
list of producers with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On March
6, 2003. ShoWest celebrated Grazer's success by honoring him with its
Lifetime Achievement Award. On November 14, 2005, Grazer was honored in
Los Angeles by the Fulfillment Fund. In May 2007 he was chosen by Time
Magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World." On
January 24 Grazer, along with his partner
Ron Howard, was honored with the
Milestone Award by the Producers Guild of America.
In addition to "A Beautiful Mind", Grazer's films include
Apollo 13 (1995), for which Grazer won
the Producers Guild's Darryl F. Zanuck
Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award as well as an Oscar
nomination for Best Picture of 1995; and
Splash (1983), which he co-wrote as well
as produced and for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best
Original Screenplay of 1986.
Grazer also produced the film adaptation of
Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed
play "Frost/Nixon"
(Frost/Nixon (2008)), directed by Ron
Howard. The film was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best
Picture, and was also nominated for The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of
the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the PGA.
Grazer also produced
Angels & Demons (2009), the
adaptation of Dan Brown's
bast-selling novel, and
Robin Hood (2010), directed by
Ridley Scott and with
Russell Crowe,
Cate Blanchett and
Max von Sydow.
Some more of Grazer's feature film credits include the drama
The Changeling (2006), directed by
Clint Eastwood and starring
Angelina Jolie; the Ridley Scott-directed
drama American Gangster (2007),
staring Russell Crowe and
Denzel Washington;
The Da Vinci Code (2006), the
film adaptation of Dan Brown's international best-seller, starring
Tom Hanks and directed by Oscar-winner Ron
Howard; the tense drama
The Inside Man (2005), directed by
Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington,
Clive Owen and
Jodie Foster;
Flightplan (2005);
Cinderella Man (2005); the
Sundance acclaimed documentary
Inside Deep Throat (2005); the
TV series
Friday Night Lights (2006);
8 Mile (2002);
Blue Crush (2002);
Intolerable Cruelty (2003);
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000);
The Nutty Professor (1996);
Liar Liar (1997);
Ransom (1996);
My Girl (1991);
Backdraft (1991);
Kindergarten Cop (1990);
Parenthood (1989);
Clean and Sober (1988); and
Spies Like Us (1985).
Grazer's television productions include Fox's hit Golden Globe and Emmy
award winning Best Drama Series 24 (2001),
NBC's Peabody Award-winning series "Friday Night Lights" and Fox's
Lie to Me (2009), starring
Tim Roth, which premiered in January
2009. He is also working on additional television projects including
Parenthood (2010), based on his
1989 film, and Wonderland (2000),
directed by Peter Berg. His
additional television credits include Fox's Emmy award winning-Best
Comedy
Arrested Development (2003),
CBS' Shark (2006), NBC's
Miss Match (2003), WB's
Felicity (1998), ABC's
Sports Night (1998), as well as
HBO's
From the Earth to the Moon (1998),
for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Mini-Series.
Grazer began his career as a producer, developing television projects.
It was while he was executive-producing TV pilots for Paramount
Pictures in the early 1980s that Grazer first met Ron Howard, soon to
become his friend and business partner. Their collaboration began in
1985 with the hit comedies
Night Shift (1982) and Splash (1983), and
in 1986 the two founded Imagine Entertainment, which they continue to
run together as chairmen.