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Grazer was born in Los Angeles, [[California]], to Arlene Becker Grazer and criminal attorney Thomas Grazer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-16/entertainment/ca-4650_1_producer-brian-grazer|title=MOVIES Imagine That Riddle: How can a person be in the spotlight and still be in the shadows? Answer: Check out producer Brian Grazer's career |publisher=''Los Angeles Times''|date=February 16, 1992 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/person/brian-grazer/biography.html |title=Brian Grazer Biography |publisher=Yahoo|date= |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> He is the older brother of Nora Beth Grazer (born 1952) and actor/director [[Gavin Grazer]] (1956).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-hollywood-deal/2007/10/26/slipstream-and-the-other-grazer-brother |title=Slipstream and the Other Grazer Brother |publisher=Portfolio.com |date=October 26, 2007 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> He was raised in [[Sherman Oaks]] and [[Northridge, Los Angeles|Northridge]], in Los Angeles's [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref name="yahoo1"/>
Grazer was born in Los Angeles, [[California]], to Arlene Becker Grazer and criminal attorney Thomas Grazer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-16/entertainment/ca-4650_1_producer-brian-grazer|title=MOVIES Imagine That Riddle: How can a person be in the spotlight and still be in the shadows? Answer: Check out producer Brian Grazer's career |publisher=''Los Angeles Times''|date=February 16, 1992 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/person/brian-grazer/biography.html |title=Brian Grazer Biography |publisher=Yahoo|date= |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> He is the older brother of Nora Beth Grazer (born 1952) and actor/director [[Gavin Grazer]] (1956).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-hollywood-deal/2007/10/26/slipstream-and-the-other-grazer-brother |title=Slipstream and the Other Grazer Brother |publisher=Portfolio.com |date=October 26, 2007 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> He was raised in [[Sherman Oaks]] and [[Northridge, Los Angeles|Northridge]], in Los Angeles's [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref name="yahoo1"/>


Grazer's mother is Jewish and his father was Catholic,<ref name="latimes1992">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-16/entertainment/ca-4650_1_producer-brian-grazer/4 |title=MOVIES: Imagine That: Riddle: How can a person be in the spotlight and still be in the shadows? Answer: Check out producer Brian Grazer's career |publisher=''Los Angeles Times''|date=February 16, 1992 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Newsweek>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2000/12/24/periscope.html |title=Periscope |publisher= Newsweek and The Daily Beast |date=December 24, 2000 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> and he described himself in 2000 as "half-Jewish".<ref name=Newsweek/> Subsequently, third-party reports conflicted as to whether he was Jewish or a practicing Christian.<ref name="clevelandjewishnews.com">[http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/people/jewish_stars/article_4166cb24-1c69-11e1-b854-0019bb2963f4.html?TNNoMobile]</ref><ref name="jewishjournal1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/cover_story/article/cool_hot_and_jewish_20090701 |title=Cool, Hot and Jewish &#124; Cover Story |author=Danielle Berrin |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=July 2, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/people/jewish_stars/article_53319878-21de-11e1-ad40-001871e3ce6c.html|author=Nate Bloom |title=Jewish Stars |publisher=''[[Cleveland Jewish News]]'' |date=December 8, 2011 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}} ''"Last week we mentioned that mega-producer Brian Grazer has taken over the job producing the Oscars telecast, but he isn't really a Jewish star. Even though he has a Jewish parent, he became a practicing Christian more than a decade ago."''</ref> His parents divorced when he was in high school.<ref name="xaluan1">{{cite news|url=http://www.xaluan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=242278 |title=Huyền thoại Hollywood và cuộc tình với "cô dâu Việt" – XãLuận.com Tin Nóng |publisher=Xaluan.com |language=Vietnamese |date= |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> Grazer said "My best buddy, the most important person in my growing up, was my little 4-foot-10 Jewish grandmother, and she'd say, 'In order to get it, you got to do it. No one's going to get it for you, Brian.'"<ref name="latimes1992"/>
Grazer's mother is Jewish and his father was Catholic,<ref name="latimes1992">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-16/entertainment/ca-4650_1_producer-brian-grazer/4 |title=MOVIES: Imagine That: Riddle: How can a person be in the spotlight and still be in the shadows? Answer: Check out producer Brian Grazer's career |publisher=''Los Angeles Times''|date=February 16, 1992 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Newsweek>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2000/12/24/periscope.html |title=Periscope |publisher= Newsweek and The Daily Beast |date=December 24, 2000 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}}</ref> and he described himself in 2000 as "half-Jewish".<ref name=Newsweek/> Subsequently, third-party reports conflicted as to whether he was Jewish or a practicing Christian.<ref name="clevelandjewishnews.com">[http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/people/jewish_stars/article_4166cb24-1c69-11e1-b854-0019bb2963f4.html?TNNoMobile]</ref><ref name="jewishjournal1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/cover_story/article/cool_hot_and_jewish_20090701 |title=Cool, Hot and Jewish &#124; Cover Story |author=Danielle Berrin |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=July 2, 2009 |accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/people/jewish_stars/article_53319878-21de-11e1-ad40-001871e3ce6c.html|author=Nate Bloom |title=Jewish Stars |publisher=''[[Cleveland Jewish News]]'' |date=December 8, 2011 |accessdate=January 1, 2013}} ''"Last week we mentioned that mega-producer Brian Grazer has taken over the job producing the Oscars telecast, but he isn't really a Jewish star. Even though he has a Jewish parent, he became a practicing Christian more than a decade ago."''</ref> His parents divorced when he was in high school. Grazer said "My best buddy, the most important person in my growing up, was my little 4-foot-10 Jewish grandmother, and she'd say, 'In order to get it, you got to do it. No one's going to get it for you, Brian.'"<ref name="latimes1992"/>


==Education==
==Education==

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Brian Grazer
Grazer at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Vanity Fair party
Born
Brian Thomas Grazer

(1951-07-12) July 12, 1951 (age 73)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education
Occupation(s)Producer (film and television)
Years active1978–present
EmployerImagine Entertainment (co-founder)
Spouse(s)Theresa McKay (1972–79)
Corki Corman (1982–92)
Gigi Levangie Grazer (1997–2007)
PartnerChau-Giang Thi Nguyen
ChildrenThree sons and one daughter
Parent(s)Arlene Becker Grazer and Thomas Grazer
Awards

Brian Thomas Grazer (born July 12, 1951) is an American film and television producer.

He co-founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986, with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $13 billion.[3] 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).[4][5] His films and TV shows have been nominated for 43 Academy Awards, and 131 Emmys.

In 2002, Grazer won an Oscar for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind (shared with Ron Howard). In 2007, he was named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World".[1]

Early life

Grazer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Arlene Becker Grazer and criminal attorney Thomas Grazer.[6][7] He is the older brother of Nora Beth Grazer (born 1952) and actor/director Gavin Grazer (1956).[8] He was raised in Sherman Oaks and Northridge, in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley.[7]

Grazer's mother is Jewish and his father was Catholic,[9][10] and he described himself in 2000 as "half-Jewish".[10] Subsequently, third-party reports conflicted as to whether he was Jewish or a practicing Christian.[11][12][13] His parents divorced when he was in high school. Grazer said "My best buddy, the most important person in my growing up, was my little 4-foot-10 Jewish grandmother, and she'd say, 'In order to get it, you got to do it. No one's going to get it for you, Brian.'"[9]

Education

Grazer won a scholarship to the University of Southern California (USC) as a psychology major. He graduated from USC's School of Cinema-Television in 1974.[7][14] He then attended USC Law School for one year, but quit in 1975 to pursue a life in Hollywood.[7][9][15][16]

Career

Grazer began his career as a producer developing television projects. While executive-producing TV pilots at Paramount Pictures in the early 1980s, he met current long-time friend and business partner Ron Howard.[1]

He produced his first feature-film, Night Shift, in 1982, directed by Howard.[1] Grazer and Howard teamed up again for Splash in 1984, which Grazer produced and co-wrote. Splash earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay of 1984.[1]

In 1986, Grazer and Howard co-founded Imagine Entertainment, which became one of Hollywood's most prolific and successful production companies. Over the years, Grazer's films and TV shows have been nominated for a total of 43 Academy Awards, and 131 Emmys. At the same time, his movies have generated more than $13.5 billion in worldwide theatrical, music, and video grosses.[1]

Grazer's early film successes include Parenthood (1989) and Backdraft (1991).[17] He produced Apollo 13 (1995), for which he won the Producers Guild of America’s Daryl F. Zanuck Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Picture of 1995.[1]

In 1998, he earned two major honors: he was given his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and made a cameo appearance on the animated series The Simpsons.[18]

In 2001, Grazer won an Academy Award for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind, which also took home Oscars for Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly), Best Director (Ron Howard), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Akiva Goldsman).

In 2002, Grazer's 8 Mile was released.[17] It proved not only to be a huge box office hit, but also the first film with a rap song to win a Best Original Song Oscar, for Eminem's "Lose Yourself".[19]

Grazer also produced the film adaptation of Peter Morgan's play Frost/Nixon (2008). Frost/Nixon was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[1]

Grazer's productions span over a quarter-of-a-century, and almost the full spectrum of movie genres. His comedies include Boomerang (1992), The Nutty Professor (1996), Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Intolerable Cruelty (2003) and The Dilemma (2011). He has also produced many dramatic thrillers including Inside Man (2006), The Da Vinci Code (2006), American Gangster (2007), Changeling (2008), Angels and Demons (2009), Robin Hood (2010), and Cowboys & Aliens (2011). His recently released films include J. Edgar, the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, and Restless, directed by Gus Van Sant.

Grazer's Imagine Entertainment's television series include Sports Night, Felicity, Arrested Development, 24, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, and Lie to Me.[20] Upcoming series include Those Who Kill,[21] and Gang Related.[22]

Grazer's recent productions included Rush (2013), directed by Ron Howard, and starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl,[23] and Made in America, airing on Showtime on October 11, 2013.[24]

Grazer is in on pre-production on Heart of the Sea also directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth about the incredible true story about the American whaleship the Essex,[25] and a biopic about the legendary "Godfather of Soul" James Brown. [26]

Personal life

Grazer has been married and divorced three times: to Theresa McKay (1972–79), Corki Corman (1982–92; they had two children; son Riley (born 1986) and daughter Sage (1988)), and Gigi Levangie (1997–2007; they had two sons; Thomas (1999) and Patrick (2004)).[18][27] Grazer currently resides in Santa Monica, California.[28] He also has a home in Hawaii on Sunset Beach, on the Banzai Pipeline on O'ahu's North Shore.[15][29][30]

Additional awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer Biography. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "Brian Grazer Net Worth". Celebrity Net Worth. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. ^ Orzeck, Kurt (January 10, 2012). "Universal Extends Imagine Deal Through 2016 – But Now It's First Look". Reuters. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Mike Fleming Jr., "Q&A: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard on 25 Years Together as Imagine Partners" deadline.com June 21, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  5. ^ "J. Edgar film and production crew". Telegraph. January 6, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "MOVIES Imagine That Riddle: How can a person be in the spotlight and still be in the shadows? Answer: Check out producer Brian Grazer's career". Los Angeles Times. February 16, 1992. Retrieved January 1, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ a b c d "Brian Grazer Biography". Yahoo. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  8. ^ "Slipstream and the Other Grazer Brother". Portfolio.com. October 26, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c "MOVIES: Imagine That: Riddle: How can a person be in the spotlight and still be in the shadows? Answer: Check out producer Brian Grazer's career". Los Angeles Times. February 16, 1992. Retrieved January 1, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ a b "Periscope". Newsweek and The Daily Beast. December 24, 2000. Retrieved January 1, 2013. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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  12. ^ Danielle Berrin (July 2, 2009). "Cool, Hot and Jewish | Cover Story". Jewish Journal. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  13. ^ Nate Bloom (December 8, 2011). "Jewish Stars". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved January 1, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) "Last week we mentioned that mega-producer Brian Grazer has taken over the job producing the Oscars telecast, but he isn't really a Jewish star. Even though he has a Jewish parent, he became a practicing Christian more than a decade ago."
  14. ^ "Brian Grazer: 5 Things to Know About Brett Ratner's Oscar Replacement". The Hollywood Reporter. November 10, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  15. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference xaluan1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Staff, Movieline (July 1, 1992). "Brian Grazer: The Life of Brian". Movieline. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  17. ^ a b Imagine Entertainment Film. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  18. ^ a b Encyclopedia of World Biography Brian Grazer. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  19. ^ "Brian Grazer | Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  20. ^ Imagine Entertainment Television. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
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  27. ^ "Brian Grazer Biography". Yahoo. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  28. ^ "Holiday Surprise: Hollywood is at Work," The New York Times, December 28, 2011
  29. ^ Anthony Rotunno and Dana Mathews. "Brian Grazer's Tips on Hawaii's Banzai Pipeline on Oahu". Vanity Fair. Retrieved January 1, 2013. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  30. ^ "Surfing Oahu's North Shore". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved January 1, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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