Brian Grazer

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Brian Thomas Grazer is an American film / television producer and, occasionally, a screenwriter. He co-founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986, with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $13 billion. The movies include four for which Grazer was personally nominated for an Academy Award: Splash (1984), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and Frost/Nixon (2008). His films and TV series have been nominated for 43 Academy Awards and 187 Emmys.

Birth Name

Brian Thomas Grazer

Born

Thursday, 12 July 1951

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Reunited Apart	Self	2020
LA Originals	Self	2020
This Is Us	Brian Grazer	2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	2014
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
The Arrested Development Documentary Project	Himself	2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story	Himself	2013
Larry King Now	Himself - Guest	2012
CBS This Morning	Himself - Guest	1992
1st Look	Himself - Interviewee	2011

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Reunited Apart	Self	2020
LA Originals	Self	2020
This Is Us	Brian Grazer	2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	2014
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
The Arrested Development Documentary Project	Himself	2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story	Himself	2013
Larry King Now	Himself - Guest	2012
CBS This Morning	Himself - Guest	1992
1st Look	Himself - Interviewee	2011
The Talk	Self - Guest	2010
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Himself - Guest	2009
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters	Himself	2006
Iconoclasts	Himself	2005
The Girls Next Door	Himself	2005
Entourage	Brian Grazer	2004
Arrested Development	Brian Grazer	2003
Shootout	Himself	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself - Guest	2003
Dinner for Five	Himself	2001
The Directors	Himself	1999
The Daily Show	Self	1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13	Himself	1996
Your Studio and You	Himself	1995
HBO First Look	Himself	1992
The Simpsons	Brian Glazer, Brian Grazer	1989
CBS News Sunday Morning	Himself	1979
20/20	Himself	1978

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Bride of Frankenstein	2021
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel	2021
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints	2021
tick, tick...Boom!	2021
The Rosenthal Suite	2021
On Pointe	2020
The Astronauts	2020
Hillbilly Elegy	2020
Filthy Rich	2020
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild	2020
Rebuilding Paradise	2020
68 Whiskey	2020
Why Women Kill	2020
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band	2019
Dads	2019
Wu-Tang: An American Saga	2019
Being Frank	2019
Pavarotti	2019
Backdraft 2	2019
Swagger	2019
The Spy Who Dumped Me	2018
American Made	2017
The Dark Tower	2017
Cop and a Half: New Recruit	2017
Chance	2017
Lowriders	2017
Genius	2017
Shots Fired	2017
24: Legacy	2016
Mars	2016
Inferno	2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years	2016
Pele: Birth of a Legend	2016
In The Heart Of The Sea	2015
Love The Coopers	2015
Breakthrough	2015
Rock The Kasbah	2015
The Bastard Executioner	2015
Prophet's Prey	2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	2015
Empire	2015
Fine Tuned	2014
The Good Lie	2014
Get On Up	2014
Gang Related	2014
24: Live Another Day	2014
Those Who Kill	2014
The Best Man Holiday	2013
Made In America	2013
Rush	2013
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest	2013
How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)	2013
Admission	2013
Curious George Swings Into Spring	2013
Katy Perry: Part Of Me	2012
The Great Escape	2012
Curious George: Royal Monkey	2012
J. Edgar	2011
Tower Heist	2011
The Playboy Club	2011
Friends with Benefits	2011
Cowboys & Aliens	2011
Restless	2011
The Dilemma	2011
Robin Hood	2010
Parenthood	2010
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas	2009
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	2009
Angels & Demons	2009
Lie to Me	2009
Frost/Nixon	2008
24: Redemption	2008
Changeling	2008
American Gangster	2007
24: Day Six - Debrief	2007
Bra Boys	2007
Friday Night Lights	2006
Shark	2006
Curious George	2006
Saved	2006
The Da Vinci Code	2006
Inside Man	2006
Fun with Dick and Jane	2005
Flightplan	2005
The Inside	2005
Cinderella Man	2005
Inside Deep Throat	2005
Friday Night Lights	2004
The Big House	2004
The Missing	2003
The Cat in the Hat	2003
Arrested Development	2003
Intolerable Cruelty	2003
Miss Match	2003
8 Mile	2002
Blue Crush	2002
Undercover Brother	2002
A Beautiful Mind	2001
24	2001
The Beast	2001
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	2000
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	2000
Wonderland	2000
Beyond The Mat	2000
Bowfinger	1999
Life	1999
Edtv	1999
The PJs	1999
Mulholland Dr.	1999
Psycho	1998
Felicity	1998
Sports Night	1998
From the Earth to the Moon	1998
Mercury Rising	1998
Hiller and Diller	1997
Inventing The Abbotts	1997
Liar Liar	1997
Ransom	1996
The Chamber	1996
The Nutty Professor	1996
Fear	1996
Sgt. Bilko	1996
Apollo 13	1995
The Cowboy Way	1994
The Paper	1994
Greedy	1994
My Girl 2	1994
For Love Or Money	1993
CB4	1993
The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat	1993
Boomerang	1992
Housesitter	1992
Far and Away	1992
My Girl	1991
Backdraft	1991
Closet Land	1991
The Doors	1991
Kindergarten Cop	1990
Problem Child	1990
Cry-Baby	1990
Parenthood	1989
Like Father Like Son	1987
Ohara	1987
Armed and Dangerous	1986
Spies Like Us	1985
Shadow Chasers	1985
Real Genius	1985
Splash	1984
Night Shift	1982
Zuma Beach	1978

Year	Type	Category	Won

2018	Emmy	Outstanding Limited Series	Nominated
2017	Emmy	Outstanding Limited Series	Nominated
2017	Emmy	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special	Nominated
2012	Emmy	Outstanding Special Class Programs	Nominated
2011	Emmy	Outstanding Drama Series	Nominated
2009	Oscar	Best Motion Picture of the Year	Nominated
2006	Emmy	Outstanding Drama Series	Won
2006	Emmy	Outstanding Comedy Series	Nominated
2005	Emmy	Outstanding Drama Series	Nominated
2005	Emmy	Outstanding Comedy Series	Nominated
2004	Emmy	Outstanding Drama Series	Nominated
2004	Emmy	Outstanding Comedy Series	Won
2003	Emmy	Outstanding Drama Series	Nominated
2002	Oscar	Best Picture	Won
2002	Emmy	Outstanding Drama Series	Nominated
1999	Emmy	Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)	Nominated
1998	Emmy	Outstanding Miniseries	Won
1996	Oscar	Best Picture	Nominated
1985	Oscar	Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Nominated