Jerry Bruckheimer
- Producer
- Music Department
- Writer
Jerry Bruckheimer is a film and television producer born on September 21, 1943 in Detroit. He graduated from high school in 1961 before it was moving to Arizona. He started his career in 1968 to produce television commercials and advertising for the firm BBD&O in New York.
He left the commercial industry, and branched out into film production and served as associate producer for Dick Richards on the films The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975). He started out his production company Jerry Bruckheimer & Associates and then served as producer on the following two films Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and March or Die (1977) before the duo broke up.
He then became an independent producer, serving his job on his films American Gigolo (1980), Defiance (1980), Tên Trộm (1981), Cat People (1982) and Young Doctors in Love (1982) throughout the early 1980s, for one of their major studios.
In 1979, Don Simpson met Bruckheimer while working on "American Gigolo" for Paramount. In 1982, Simpson left Paramount Pictures to start out its own independent company with a deal at Paramount, and weeks later, Simpson's production services were merged with Bruckheimer's. During his lifetime, he produced films in the 80s and 90s for Paramount like Vũ Điệu Đam Mê (1983), Thief of Hearts (1984), Cảnh Sát Beverly Hills (1984) and its sequel Cảnh Sát Beverly Hills 2 (1987), Phi Công Siêu Đẳng (1986) and Những Ngày Sấm Dậy (1990), most of them met with success.
After the minor failure of "Days of Thunder", Simpson and Bruckheimer severed its ties with Paramount, and signed a deal with The Walt Disney Studios. In the mid 90s, both Simpson and Bruckheimer produced The Ref (1994), Những Gã Trai Hư (1995), Thủy Triều Đỏ (1995), Dangerous Minds (1995) and Nhà Tù Đá (1996). In 1995, Simpson and Bruckheimer terminated its relationship, and the next year Simpson died.
Bruckheimer expanded its activity on television with a deal at Touchstone Television. He produced two shows Dangerous Minds (1996) for ABC and Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) for Rysher Entertainment and TV affiliates and two telepics Max Q (1998) and Swing Vote (1999), both for ABC.
The next few Bruckheimer productions after Simpson died in the late 90s and the early 2000s were Không Tặc (1997), Ngày Tận Thế (1998), Hết Đường Trốn Chạy (1998), Biến Mất Trong 60 Giây (2000) and Những Nàng Sói Xấu Xí (2000). In 1998, he established Technical Black Films to produce the film Đội Bóng Phi Thường (2000). In 1999, his Bruckheimer production company signed a deal with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions to produce films over a two year period.
In 2000, Bruckheimer hit big with Đội Điều Tra Hiện Trường (2000). The success of the show led to spinoffs CSI: Miami (2002), CSI: NY (2004) and CSI: Cyber (2015). He followed the franchise up with the reality show The Amazing Race (2001), of which it is also an success made Bruckheimer a major producer for the CBS network. In 2001, he signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television to produce TV shows. He followed up his TV career with Without a Trace (2002) and Lãnh Án (2003).
In 2001, he produced two war films Trân Châu Cảng (2001) and Diều Hâu Gãy Cánh (2001). The former received negative critical reaction, and the latter gained them critical acclaim. He followed up in 2002 with Đồng Sự Tay Ngang (2002). Throughout the 2000s, Bruckheimer was an active entertainment producer, working on the films Kangaroo Jack (2003), Veronica Guerin (2003), Vua Arthur (2004), Glory Road (2006), Ký Ức Ảo Giác (2006), Lời Tự Thú Của Một Tín Đồ Shopping (2009) and Biệt Đội Chuột Lang (2009) for Disney Studios, and the TV shows Profiles from the Front Line (2003), Skin (2003), E-Ring (2005), Just Legal (2005), Close to Home (2005), Justice (2006), Eleventh Hour (2008), Dark Blue (2009) and The Forgotten (2009).
He is the creative force for franchise films. In 2003, he made a sequel to his "Bad Boys", Những Gã Trai Hư 2 (2003) and Những Gã Trai Hư Trọn Đời (2020), and he launched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, starting with Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Lời Nguyền Của Tàu Ngọc Trai Đen (2003), and spawning sequels like Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Chiếc Rương Tử Thần (2006), Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Nơi Tận Cùng Thế Giới (2007), Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Suối Nguồn Tươi Trẻ (2011) and Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Salazar Báo Thù (2017) and the "National Treasure" franchise, comprising of two films Kho Báu Quốc Gia (2004) and Kho Báu Quốc Gia 2: Quyển Sách Bí Mật (2007).
In 2007, he had to partner with MTV to create a game studio, and joined the ZeniMax board of directors. In 2009, he launched Jerry Bruckheimer Games, and by 2011 rumored to be worked on three titles, before it was shut down in 2013.
By the 2010s, he was in declining force, and his films Hoàng Tử Ba Tư: Dòng Cát Thời Gian (2010), Phù Thủy Tập Sự (2010), Kỵ Sĩ Cô Độc (2013), 12 Kỵ Binh Quả Cảm (2018) and Đàn Ông Song Tử (2019) are turned out to be box office disappointments, and his TV shows Miami Medical (2010), Chase (2010), The Whole Truth (2010), Hostages (2013), Training Day (2017) and Council of Dads (2020) turned out to be failures after one season.
In 2013, he signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to produce follow-up films to "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop" and their deal with Disney ended. Three years later, he terminated its deal with Warner Bros. Television and a year later signed with CBS Television Studios. His minor box office success rolled in with Linh Hồn Báo Thù (2014). His only big TV hits came in from the decade were Chúa Tể Địa Ngục (2016) and L.A.'s Finest (2019).
Bruckheimer was named as one of the investors of a proposed sports arena in Las Vegas, and had been rumored to be the leading choice by the National Hockey League (NHL) to own an expansion hockey team that would play in the arena. Bruckheimer was also named as one of the investors of a proposed Seattle-based NHL expansion team whose application was submitted in early 2018. The NHL Board of Governors voted to approve the team, named the Seattle Kraken, on December 4, 2018, which will start play in the 2021-22 season. Jerry Bruckheimer was part of an investment group that also included Tim Leiweke (Oak View Group) and David Bonderman (minority owner NBA's Boston Celtics).
He is currently on post-production on the sequel to his 1986 film "Top Gun", Phi Công Siêu Đẳng Maverick (2022) for Paramount Pictures.
He left the commercial industry, and branched out into film production and served as associate producer for Dick Richards on the films The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975). He started out his production company Jerry Bruckheimer & Associates and then served as producer on the following two films Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and March or Die (1977) before the duo broke up.
He then became an independent producer, serving his job on his films American Gigolo (1980), Defiance (1980), Tên Trộm (1981), Cat People (1982) and Young Doctors in Love (1982) throughout the early 1980s, for one of their major studios.
In 1979, Don Simpson met Bruckheimer while working on "American Gigolo" for Paramount. In 1982, Simpson left Paramount Pictures to start out its own independent company with a deal at Paramount, and weeks later, Simpson's production services were merged with Bruckheimer's. During his lifetime, he produced films in the 80s and 90s for Paramount like Vũ Điệu Đam Mê (1983), Thief of Hearts (1984), Cảnh Sát Beverly Hills (1984) and its sequel Cảnh Sát Beverly Hills 2 (1987), Phi Công Siêu Đẳng (1986) and Những Ngày Sấm Dậy (1990), most of them met with success.
After the minor failure of "Days of Thunder", Simpson and Bruckheimer severed its ties with Paramount, and signed a deal with The Walt Disney Studios. In the mid 90s, both Simpson and Bruckheimer produced The Ref (1994), Những Gã Trai Hư (1995), Thủy Triều Đỏ (1995), Dangerous Minds (1995) and Nhà Tù Đá (1996). In 1995, Simpson and Bruckheimer terminated its relationship, and the next year Simpson died.
Bruckheimer expanded its activity on television with a deal at Touchstone Television. He produced two shows Dangerous Minds (1996) for ABC and Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) for Rysher Entertainment and TV affiliates and two telepics Max Q (1998) and Swing Vote (1999), both for ABC.
The next few Bruckheimer productions after Simpson died in the late 90s and the early 2000s were Không Tặc (1997), Ngày Tận Thế (1998), Hết Đường Trốn Chạy (1998), Biến Mất Trong 60 Giây (2000) and Những Nàng Sói Xấu Xí (2000). In 1998, he established Technical Black Films to produce the film Đội Bóng Phi Thường (2000). In 1999, his Bruckheimer production company signed a deal with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions to produce films over a two year period.
In 2000, Bruckheimer hit big with Đội Điều Tra Hiện Trường (2000). The success of the show led to spinoffs CSI: Miami (2002), CSI: NY (2004) and CSI: Cyber (2015). He followed the franchise up with the reality show The Amazing Race (2001), of which it is also an success made Bruckheimer a major producer for the CBS network. In 2001, he signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television to produce TV shows. He followed up his TV career with Without a Trace (2002) and Lãnh Án (2003).
In 2001, he produced two war films Trân Châu Cảng (2001) and Diều Hâu Gãy Cánh (2001). The former received negative critical reaction, and the latter gained them critical acclaim. He followed up in 2002 with Đồng Sự Tay Ngang (2002). Throughout the 2000s, Bruckheimer was an active entertainment producer, working on the films Kangaroo Jack (2003), Veronica Guerin (2003), Vua Arthur (2004), Glory Road (2006), Ký Ức Ảo Giác (2006), Lời Tự Thú Của Một Tín Đồ Shopping (2009) and Biệt Đội Chuột Lang (2009) for Disney Studios, and the TV shows Profiles from the Front Line (2003), Skin (2003), E-Ring (2005), Just Legal (2005), Close to Home (2005), Justice (2006), Eleventh Hour (2008), Dark Blue (2009) and The Forgotten (2009).
He is the creative force for franchise films. In 2003, he made a sequel to his "Bad Boys", Những Gã Trai Hư 2 (2003) and Những Gã Trai Hư Trọn Đời (2020), and he launched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, starting with Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Lời Nguyền Của Tàu Ngọc Trai Đen (2003), and spawning sequels like Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Chiếc Rương Tử Thần (2006), Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Nơi Tận Cùng Thế Giới (2007), Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Suối Nguồn Tươi Trẻ (2011) and Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Salazar Báo Thù (2017) and the "National Treasure" franchise, comprising of two films Kho Báu Quốc Gia (2004) and Kho Báu Quốc Gia 2: Quyển Sách Bí Mật (2007).
In 2007, he had to partner with MTV to create a game studio, and joined the ZeniMax board of directors. In 2009, he launched Jerry Bruckheimer Games, and by 2011 rumored to be worked on three titles, before it was shut down in 2013.
By the 2010s, he was in declining force, and his films Hoàng Tử Ba Tư: Dòng Cát Thời Gian (2010), Phù Thủy Tập Sự (2010), Kỵ Sĩ Cô Độc (2013), 12 Kỵ Binh Quả Cảm (2018) and Đàn Ông Song Tử (2019) are turned out to be box office disappointments, and his TV shows Miami Medical (2010), Chase (2010), The Whole Truth (2010), Hostages (2013), Training Day (2017) and Council of Dads (2020) turned out to be failures after one season.
In 2013, he signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to produce follow-up films to "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop" and their deal with Disney ended. Three years later, he terminated its deal with Warner Bros. Television and a year later signed with CBS Television Studios. His minor box office success rolled in with Linh Hồn Báo Thù (2014). His only big TV hits came in from the decade were Chúa Tể Địa Ngục (2016) and L.A.'s Finest (2019).
Bruckheimer was named as one of the investors of a proposed sports arena in Las Vegas, and had been rumored to be the leading choice by the National Hockey League (NHL) to own an expansion hockey team that would play in the arena. Bruckheimer was also named as one of the investors of a proposed Seattle-based NHL expansion team whose application was submitted in early 2018. The NHL Board of Governors voted to approve the team, named the Seattle Kraken, on December 4, 2018, which will start play in the 2021-22 season. Jerry Bruckheimer was part of an investment group that also included Tim Leiweke (Oak View Group) and David Bonderman (minority owner NBA's Boston Celtics).
He is currently on post-production on the sequel to his 1986 film "Top Gun", Phi Công Siêu Đẳng Maverick (2022) for Paramount Pictures.