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Jerry Bruckheimer


 

Jerome Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is an American film and television producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to Jewish immigrants from Germany.

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September 21 - 1945 - American - Film - Detroit - Michigan - Jewish - Germany

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During the 1980s and 1990s, he was a co-producer with the late Don Simpson of a string of highly successful Hollywood films. His first big hit was with 1983's Flashdance, and he had a number of others including the Beverly Hills Cop films, Top Gun, and Days of Thunder. Most featured elaborate special effects, a thumping pop music soundtrack, simplistic plots, and highly telegenic if sometimes improbably cast actors.

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Producer - Don Simpson - Hollywood - 1983 - Flashdance - Beverly Hills Cop - Top Gun - Days of Thunder

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Despite the setback of the untimely death of Simpson in 1996, has continued to produce a large number of action movies, including the hits Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, Remember the Titans, Black Hawk Down and

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Pearl Harbor - Armageddon - Remember the Titans - Black Hawk Down

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Since 1997 he has branched out into television, creating a number of police dramas of which ' has been the most successful. He has also produced the reality game show The Amazing Race.

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Game show - The Amazing Race

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Bruckheimer has been married twice.

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