Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is cited as one of the most prolific producers in contemporary American film and television. Producing several blockbuster movies and popular series, he has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction and has worked with such directors as Ridley Scott and his late brother Tony Scott, Michael Bay, and Gore Verbinski.
Critics often complain about his film work, saying it's just a big pile of over-emoting and Stuff Blowing Up. Whether you like it or hate it, it pretty much defines the term "glorified B-movie". It should be pointed out that he is one of the very few producers to have made two films which each grossed over $1 billion at the box office (via the Pirates of the Caribbean series).
He's also a co-owner of the Seattle Kraken, which entered the National Hockey League in 2021.
Shows of his currently airing or soon to air:
- The Amazing Race
- The entire CSI-verse franchise.
- Dark Blue
- The Forgotten
- Chase (NBC)
- Fire Country
- Lucifer
- National Treasure: Edge of History
Films, incomplete, in alphabetical order:
- Armageddon (1998)
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Bad Company (2002)
- Black Hawk Down
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Con Air
- Confessions of a Shopaholic
- Coyote Ugly
- Crimson Tide
- Dangerous Minds
- Days of Thunder
- Déjà Vu (2006)
- Enemy of the State
- Farewell, My Lovely — his first producing credit
- Flashdance
- G-Force
- Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
- Glory Road
- Kangaroo Jack
- King Arthur (2004)
- The Lone Ranger
- National Treasure
- Pearl Harbor
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Ref
- Remember the Titans
- The Rock
- Secret Headquarters
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Thief of Hearts
- Top Gun
- Veronica Guerin
Past Shows
See also Michael Bay, who worked with Bruckheimer on most of his movies, including Armageddon (1998) and both Bad Boys movies.
