Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerry Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer who moved from advertising into film production during the 1970s. He was born in Detroit in 1943 and began making features with director Dick Richards before working with Paul Schrader on American Gigolo and Cat People. His long partnership with Don Simpson produced hits such as Flashdance, Top Gun, Days of Thunder and the Beverly Hills Cop movies, while his films include The Rock, Armageddon, Black Hawk Down and the Pirates of the Caribbean films, along with the National Treasure franchise. On television he produced CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, Cold Case and The Amazing Race, winning ten Primetime Emmy Awards for The Amazing Race. In 2023 he received his first Academy Award nomination, for Best Picture, for Top Gun: Maverick, and he was nominated again in that category for F1 (2025).