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Brian Grazer


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. In addition to winning three other Academy Awards... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2014 24: Live Another Day (TV series) (producer) (announced)
 
2013 Arrested Development (producer) (announced)
 
???? Sick Day (executive producer) (announced)
 
???? The Lost Symbol (producer) (announced)
 
???? Inside Man 2 (producer) (announced)
 
2014 Untitled Pelé Project (producer) (pre-production)
 
???? Harve Karbo (TV movie) (executive producer) (pre-production)
 
2013 The Good Lie (producer) (filming)
 
???? Jay-Z: Made in America (documentary) (producer) (filming)
 
2013/I Rush (producer) (post-production)
 
2013 How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) (TV series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
How to Get Involved (2013) (executive producer)
How to Not Screw Up Your Kid (2013) (executive producer)
Pilot (2013) (executive producer)
 
2013 Gang Related (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Episode #1.1 (2013) (executive producer)
 
2013 Those Who Kill (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2012 The Great Escape (TV series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
Escape from the Tower (2012) (executive producer)
Escape from the Swamp (2012) (executive producer)
Escape from the Power Station (2012) (executive producer)
Escape from Los Angeles (2012) (executive producer)
Escape from Air Force Boneyard (2012) (executive producer)
 
2012 Katy Perry: Part of Me (documentary) (producer)
 
2010-2012 Parenthood (TV series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
My Brother's Wedding (2012) (executive producer)
Remember Me, I'm the One Who Loves You (2012) (executive producer)
Tough Love (2012) (executive producer)
Politics (2012) (executive producer)
It Is What It Is (2012) (executive producer)
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (co-producer)
 
2012 Susan 313 (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2011 J. Edgar (producer)
 
2011 Tower Heist (producer)
 
2011 The Playboy Club (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
An Act of Simple Duplicity (2011) (executive producer)
The Scarlet Bunny (2011) (executive producer)
Pilot (2011) (executive producer)
 
2011 Friends with Benefits (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
The Benefit of Friends (2011) (executive producer)
The Benefit of Putting in the Work (2011) (executive producer)
The Benefit of Avoiding the Mindbanger (2011) (executive producer)
The Benefit of Being Shallow (2011) (executive producer)
The Benefit of Mardi Gras (2011) (executive producer)
 
2011 Cowboys & Aliens (producer)
 
2011/I Restless (producer)
 
2006-2011 Curious George (TV series) (executive producer - 43 episodes)
Downhill Racer/Book Monkey (2011) (executive producer)
George and Marco Sound It Out/A Monkey's Duckling (2010) (executive producer)
Guest Monkey/Charkie Goes to School (2010) (executive producer)
The Inside Story/Little Fish, Littler Pond! (2009) (executive producer)
Juicy George/The Big Picture (2009) (executive producer)
 
2006-2011 Friday Night Lights (TV series) (executive producer - 66 episodes)
Always (2011) (executive producer)
Texas Whatever (2011) (executive producer)
The March (2011) (executive producer)
Don't Go (2011) (executive producer)
On the Outside Looking In (2010) (executive producer)
 
2009-2011 Lie to Me (TV series) (executive producer - 48 episodes)
Killer App (2011) (executive producer)
Gone (2011) (executive producer)
Saved (2011) (executive producer)
Funhouse (2011) (executive producer)
Rebound (2011) (executive producer)
 
2011 The Dilemma (producer)
 
2001-2010 24 (TV series) (executive producer - 195 episodes)
Day 8: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (2010) (executive producer)
Day 8: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (2010) (executive producer)
Day 8: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. (2010) (executive producer)
Day 8: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. (2010) (executive producer)
Day 8: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (2010) (executive producer)
 
2010 Robin Hood (producer)
 
2009 Angels & Demons (producer)
 
2009 Maggie Hill (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2008 24: Redemption (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2008 Frost/Nixon (producer)
 
2008 Changeling (producer)
 
2006-2008 Shark (TV series) (executive producer - 38 episodes)
Wayne's World 3: Killer Shark (2008) (executive producer)
One Hit Wonder (2008) (executive producer)
Leaving Las Vegas (2008) (executive producer)
Bar Fight (2008) (executive producer)
Partners in Crime (2008) (executive producer)
 
2007 American Gangster (producer)
 
2007 24: Day Six - Debrief (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 5 episodes)
10:37 p.m. (2007) (executive producer)
10:33 p.m. (2007) (executive producer)
10:31 p.m. (2007) (executive producer)
9:42 p.m. (2007) (executive producer)
9:00 p.m. (2007) (executive producer)
 
2007 Bra Boys (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2007 Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2006 Saved (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
The Lady & the Tiger (2006) (executive producer)
A Day in the Life (2006) (executive producer)
 
2006 The Da Vinci Code (producer)
 
2006 Treasure Hunters (TV series) (co-producer)
 
2006 Inside Man (producer)
 
2006 Curious George (producer - unconfirmed)
 
2003-2006 Arrested Development (TV series) (executive producer - 51 episodes)
Development Arrested (2006) (executive producer)
Exit Strategy (2006) (executive producer)
Fakin' It (2006) (executive producer)
Family Ties (2006) (executive producer)
S.O.B.s (2006) (executive producer)
 
2006 Beyond (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2006 Misconceptions (TV series) (producer)
 
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane (producer)
 
2005 The WIN Awards (TV special) (producer)
 
2005 Flightplan (producer)
 
2005 The Inside (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
Declawed (2005) (executive producer)
Loneliest Number (2005) (executive producer)
Thief of Hearts (2005) (executive producer)
Everything Nice (2005) (executive producer)
Pre-Filer (2005) (executive producer)
 
2005 Cinderella Man (producer)
 
2005 Fertile Ground (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2005 Queen B (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2005 Inside Deep Throat (documentary) (producer)
 
2004 Friday Night Lights (producer)
 
2004 The Big House (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2003 Miss Match (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
Santa, Baby (2003) (executive producer)
The Love Bandit (2003) (executive producer)
Jive Turkey (2003) (executive producer)
Addicted to Love (2003) (executive producer)
I Got You Babe (2003) (executive producer)
 
2003/I The Missing (producer)
 
2003 Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (producer)
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty (producer)
 
2003 The Break (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2003 The Snobs (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 8 Mile (producer)
 
2002 Blue Crush (producer)
 
2002 Undercover Brother (producer)
 
1998-2002 Felicity (TV series) (executive producer - 84 episodes)
Back to the Future (2002) (executive producer)
Felicity Interrupted (2002) (executive producer)
Spin the Bottle (2002) (executive producer)
The Power of the Ex (2002) (executive producer)
Time Will Tell (2002) (executive producer)
 
2002 B.S. (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 A Beautiful Mind (producer)
 
2001 The Beast (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2001 Silicon Follies (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas (producer)
 
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (producer)
 
1999-2000 The PJs (TV series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
Who Da Boss? (2000) (executive producer)
Haiti and the Tramp (2000) (executive producer)
Home School Daze (2000) (executive producer)
Bougie Nights (1999) (executive producer)
 
1998-2000 Sports Night (TV series) (executive producer - 45 episodes)
Quo Vadimus (2000) (executive producer)
La Forza Del Destino (2000) (executive producer)
Bells and a Siren (2000) (executive producer)
April Is the Cruelest Month (2000) (executive producer)
Draft Day: Part 2 - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian (2000) (executive producer)
 
2000 Wonderland (TV series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
Spell Check (2000) (executive producer)
20/20 Hindsight (2000) (executive producer)
Pilot (2000) (executive producer)
Full Moon (2000) (executive producer)
Hello Goodbye: Finale (2000) (executive producer)
 
2000 Thirty (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1999 Beyond the Mat (documentary) (producer)
 
1999 Bowfinger (producer)
 
1999/I Life (producer)
 
1999 Edtv (producer)
 
1999 Mulholland Dr. (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1999 Student Affairs (TV movie) (producer)
 
1998 Psycho (producer)
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series) (producer - 12 episodes)
Le voyage dans la lune (1998) (producer)
The Original Wives Club (1998) (producer)
For Miles and Miles (1998) (producer)
Galileo Was Right (1998) (producer)
That's All There Is (1998) (producer)
 
1998 Mercury Rising (producer)
 
1997 Hiller and Diller (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1997 Inventing the Abbotts (producer)
 
1997 Liar Liar (producer)
 
1996 Ransom (producer)
 
1996 The Chamber (producer)
 
1996 The Nutty Professor (producer)
 
1996 Fear (producer)
 
1996 Sgt. Bilko (producer)
 
1995 Apollo 13 (producer)
 
1994 The Cowboy Way (producer)
 
1994 The Paper (producer)
 
1994 Greedy (producer)
 
1994 My Girl 2 (producer)
 
1993 For Love or Money (producer)
 
1993 CB4 (executive producer)
 
1993 The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat (short) (producer)
 
1992 Boomerang (producer)
 
1992 HouseSitter (producer)
 
1992 Far and Away (producer)
 
1991 My Girl (producer)
 
1991 Backdraft (executive producer)
 
1991 Closet Land (executive producer)
 
1991 The Doors (executive producer)
 
1990 Kindergarten Cop (producer)
 
1990 Cry-Baby (executive producer)
 
1989 Parenthood (producer)
 
1988 Smart Guys (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1988 Poison (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1988 Mutts (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1987 Like Father Like Son (producer)
 
1986 Armed and Dangerous (producer)
 
1985 Shadow Chasers (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
Parts Unknown (1985) (executive producer)
Shadow Chasers: Part 1 (1985) (executive producer)
 
1985 Spies Like Us (producer)
 
1985 Real Genius (producer)
 
1984 Splash (producer)
 
1982 Night Shift (producer)
 
1978 Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (TV movie) (producer)
 
1978 Zuma Beach (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1992 HouseSitter (story)
 
1986 Armed and Dangerous (story)
 
1985 Shadow Chasers (TV series)
Parts Unknown (1985) (created by)
Shadow Chasers: Part 1 (1985) (story)
 
1984 Splash (story)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2007 Entourage (TV series)
Brian Grazer
The Dream Team (2007) … Brian Grazer
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1995 Apollo 13 (executive music producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2012 J. Edgar: A Complicated Man (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2012 J. Edgar: The Most Powerful Man in the World (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Partners in Crime: Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Making a 'Splash' (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
2002 The Clint Howard Variety Show (TV mini-series) (special thanks)
 
1996 Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (59 titles)
2013 The Arrested Development Documentary Project (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 J. Edgar: The Most Powerful Man in the World (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2012 J. Edgar: A Complicated Man (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 Conversations with Jon Favreau (video)
Himself
 
2011 Igniting the Sky: The Making of Cowboys & Aliens (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 3 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #1.525 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 1st Look (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
A Beautiful Mind - 10th Year Anniversary (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2010 Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 6 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 21 April 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 13 April 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 29 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Changeling - Partners in Crime: Bringing Changeling to the Screen (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Partners in Crime: Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998-2008 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
Lost Verizon (2008) … Himself (voice)
When You Dish Upon a Star (1998) … Himself (voice)
 
2008 Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2007 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 11 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode dated 8 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2007 Bienvenue à Cannes (documentary)
Himself
 
1998-2007 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Making of 'American Gangster' (2007) … Himself
Cinderella Man (2005) … Himself
Inside 'A Beautiful Mind' (2001) … Himself
 
2006 Backdraft: Igniting the Story (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003-2006 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.27 (2006) … Himself
Episode #2.20 (2004) … Himself
Episode #1.20 (2004) … Himself
Episode #1.8 (2003) … Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Ultimate Heist: Making 'Inside Man' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 In-Flight Movie: The Making of 'Flightplan' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Iconoclasts (TV series documentary)
Himself
Brian Grazer on Sumner Redstone (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Girls Next Door (TV series)
Himself
Ghostbusted (2005) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 'Friday Night Lights': The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Dinner for Five (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.3 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Tim McGraw: Under the Friday Night Lights (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Making a 'Splash' (video documentary short)
Himself - Producer
 
2004 New Frontiers: Making 'The Missing' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (video documentary short)
Himself - Producer
 
1999-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Dr. Seuss: Rhymes & Reasons (2003) … Himself
Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite Son (1999) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2003 Revealed with Jules Asner (TV series)
Himself
Jim Carrey (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The Making of '8 Mile' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 Women of the Beach (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 A Beautiful Mind: The Process of Age Progression (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 A Beautiful Mind: Creation of the Special Effects (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Inside a Writer's Mind: A Conversation with Akiva Goldsman (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture
 
2002 Inside a Beautiful Mind (TV special documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture Drama
 
2001 Access Granted (TV series)
Himself
Snoop Dogg: Undercover Funk (2001) … Himself
 
2001 The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1999 Liar Liar: Bridging the Comedy Chasm (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Watch the Mercury Rising (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Films of Ron Howard … Himself
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Edtv: Caught in the Camera's Eye (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 'Psycho' Path (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Miniseries
 
1996 The 3th Annual Women in Hollywood Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996 Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture/Favorite Motion Picture
 
1995 A Day with (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 Your Studio and You (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

Pornography is very important and is about the physicalization of a philosophy, but I think that the birth of how trends happen or how barriers get broken down is more interesting. See more »

Trivia:

Nephew of producer/director Bernard L. Kowalski. See more »

Trademark:

Spiky hairdo See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer