Jerry Bruckheimer

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Jerry Bruckheimer (2013)

Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American film and television producer.

life and work

Bruckheimer grew up in poor circumstances in a small house in Detroit as the son of Jewish parents who had emigrated from Germany to the USA in the 1930s . He discovered his love for cinema very early on. After attending the University of Arizona , Bruckheimer began making 60-second films. His first work was a parody of Bonnie and Clyde .

For the next few years, Bruckheimer worked on other small projects, including in New York , before he achieved a surprising success in 1983 with the film Flashdance . With grossing US $ 95 million , Flashdance was the third most successful production of the year in the US. Around the same time he founded the "Simpson-Bruckheimer-Productions" with Don Simpson .

In the 1980s, Bruckheimer produced Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop . Through contracts with Paramount Pictures and Disney , he became increasingly important and produced various blockbusters . The best-known of these include Armageddon , Pearl Harbor and the Pirates-of-the-Caribbean series. He is also involved in the production of the CSI series. His films have grossed over $ 13 billion in total.

Bruckheimer repeatedly cooperated with the US military .

Bruckheimer belongs to the Republican Party . He supported the candidacy of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 and John McCain in the 2008 presidential election .

From June 2007 to June 2008, Bruckheimer earned about $ 145 million, according to Forbes' The Celebrity 100 .

In May 2009 it was announced that Bruckheimer had founded the company Jerry Bruckheimer Games Inc. two years earlier , which develops computer games. In March 2013, however, a spokesman called it inactive and the website was redirected to the normal Jerry Bruckheimer website.

Filmography (selection)

Feature films

TV Shows

Web links

Commons : Jerry Bruckheimer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Top 100 USA box office hits 1983
  2. ↑ Jerry Bruckheimer's biography
  3. ^ Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff: Acting without borders. Die Zeit , March 14, 2002.
  4. ↑ Steve Rose: The US military storm Hollywood , The Guardian , July 6, 2009.
  5. ↑ Golem.de : Hollywood success producer Jerry Bruckheimer makes games
  6. ↑ GameStar : Jerry Bruckheimer Games inactive
personal data
SURNAME Bruckheimer, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bruckheimer, Jerome Leon (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and television producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan