Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning producer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Brian Grazer has been making movies and television series for over 40 years. His productions have been honored with numerous awards, including 47 Oscars and nearly 300 Emmy nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind.
Grazer’s feature films include Thirteen Lives, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon, 8 Mile, Liar Liar, as well as television series Parenthood, Under The Banner of Heaven, Empire, 24, Arrested Development, and Friday Night Lights. Recent and upcoming projects include After the Hunt for Amazon MGM starring Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield, The ‘Burbs for Peacock, Wild Things for Apple TV+, among other feature films including How To Rob a Bank directed by David Leitch starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Pete Davidson, Whalefall starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, The Mosquito Bowl from director Pete Berg and Spaceballs 2.
Grazer and his longtime friend Ron Howard founded Imagine Entertainment in the early 80’s, embarking on what is now one of the longest-running partnerships in Hollywood, where they run the company as executive chairmen. Grazer has been honored by numerous organizations and was named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World.” Grazer is also the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life” and “Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection."