Brian Grazer

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Brian Grazer
Born Brian Thomas Grazer
July 12, 1951 (1951-07-12) (age 57)
Los Angeles, California
Spouse(s) Theresa McKay
Corki Corman
Gigi Levangie Grazer

Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning American film and television producer who founded Imagine Entertainment with partner Ron Howard. Together they have produced many acclaimed films, including A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.

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Grazer also produced the 2002 film 8 Mile, the live-action version of the holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2000), Spike Lee's 2006 crime-thriller Inside Man and American Gangster (2007), which was nominated for two Academy Awards. His producing credits also include the films Changeling and Frost/Nixon. He is the executive producer of 24, Lie to Me, Arrested Development and Friday Night Lights.

Grazer appeared as himself on The Simpsons twice; in "When You Dish Upon a Star", he received movie ideas from Ron Howard, and in "Lost Verizon" where he offered Denis Leary a job offer for Everyone Poops.

In March 2007, Grazer was slated to guest edit a special Sunday section of the Los Angeles Times before the newspaper's publisher canceled its press run in wake of a scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of editorial page editor Andrés Martinez[citation needed]. In May 2007, Grazer was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World.

On "The Dream Team", the July 15, 2007 episode of Entourage, Grazer made a brief cameo appearance as himself. It has been reported that he has signed on to produce a James Brown biopic with Spike Lee slated to direct. Filming is supposed to start sometime in 2008.

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Grazer was born in Los Angeles, California to Arlene and Thomas Grazer. He is the older brother of Nora Beth Grazer(1952) and of actor/director Gavin Grazer(1956) [1].

He was married to Theresa McKay from 1972-9. From 1982-1992 he was married to Corki Corman Grazer. They have son Riley(1986) and daughter Sage(1988) together [1]. He married his third wife Gigi Levangie in September 1997. They have sons Thomas(1999) and Patrick(2004). He filed for legal separation in April 2006 but they reconciled [2]. Two years later he filed for divorce in June 2008 [3].

He is now dating pianist Chosan Nguyen [4].

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