
Bruce Berman
Highest Rated: 97% Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Lowest Rated: 5% The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Birthday: Apr 25, 1952
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Bruce Berman is a producer and studio executive, best known as Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures. In this capacity, Berman served as executive producer of critical and commercial successes including Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" (2014), the animated hit "The Lego Movie" (2014), and Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" (2013), among many others. Born April 25, 1952 in New York, NY, Berman studied American history at UCLA, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1975. After receiving a degree from Georgetown Law School in Washington D.C., Berman entered the film industry in 1978 at Casablanca Filmworks, the short-lived spinoff of Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records best known for producing the disco comedy "Thank God It's Friday" (1978), starring Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum, and Debra Winger. By 1982, he was a production vice president at Universal; he joined Warner Brothers Pictures in the same capacity in 1984, moving up to Senior Vice President of Production before becoming President of Theatrical Production in 1989 and Worldwide President of Theatrical Production in 1991. Films he worked on during his tenure at Warner Brothers included hits like "The Fugitive" (1993), "Goodfellas" (1990), and the Oscar-winning "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989). In February 1998, Berman was named Chairman and CEO of the newly formed Village Roadshow Pictures. His first executive producer credit came the same year on the Sandra Bullock/Nicole Kidman romantic comedy "Practical Magic" (1998). With Village Roadshow, Berman went on to executive produce films in an impressive variety of styles and genres, including "The Matrix" (1999), Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven" (2001) trilogy, "Mystic River" (2003) and George Miller's animated hit "Happy Feet" (2006). The company's success continued in the '10s with the hits "The Lego Movie" (2014), "American Sniper" (2014), "the Dwayne Johnson action thriller "San Andreas" (2015), Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015), and Ron Howard's "In the Heart of the Sea" (2015).
Filmography
Movies
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63% | 63% | The Matrix Resurrections | Executive Producer | $37.7M | 2021 |
69% | 88% | Joker | Executive Producer | $335.4M | 2019 |
68% | 47% | Ocean's 8 | Executive Producer | $139.4M | 2018 |
72% | 77% | Ready Player One | Executive Producer | $137.0M | 2018 |
23% | 37% | The 15:17 to Paris | Executive Producer | $36.2M | 2018 |
20% | 35% | The House | Executive Producer | $25.6M | 2017 |
31% | 69% | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Executive Producer | $39.1M | 2017 |
47% | 58% | Going in Style | Executive Producer | $45.0M | 2017 |
25% | 40% | Fist Fight | Executive Producer | $32.2M | 2017 |
30% | 63% | Passengers | Executive Producer | $100.0M | 2016 |
13% | 64% | Collateral Beauty | Executive Producer | $31.0M | 2016 |
64% | 71% | The Magnificent Seven | Executive Producer | $93.4M | 2016 |
85% | 84% | Sully | Executive Producer | $125.0M | 2016 |
35% | 58% | The Legend of Tarzan | Executive Producer | $126.6M | 2016 |
58% | 74% | Concussion | Executive Producer | $33.8M | 2015 |
43% | 54% | In the Heart of the Sea | Executive Producer | $23.1M | 2015 |
78% | 62% | Goosebumps | Executive Producer | $80.1M | 2015 |
49% | 52% | San Andreas | Executive Producer | $155.2M | 2015 |
97% | 86% | Mad Max: Fury Road | Executive Producer | $153.6M | 2015 |
28% | 38% | Jupiter Ascending | Executive Producer | $47.4M | 2015 |
72% | 84% | American Sniper | Executive Producer | $350.1M | 2014 |
48% | 72% | The Judge | Executive Producer | $2.7M | 2014 |
21% | 41% | Into the Storm | Executive Producer | $47.6M | 2014 |
91% | 90% | Edge of Tomorrow | Executive Producer | $100.2M | 2014 |
13% | 44% | Winter's Tale | Executive Producer | $12.6M | 2014 |
96% | 87% | The LEGO Movie | Executive Producer | $257.8M | 2014 |
48% | 67% | The Great Gatsby | Executive Producer | $144.8M | 2013 |
31% | 57% | Gangster Squad | Executive Producer | $46.0M | 2013 |
35% | 46% | Dark Shadows | Executive Producer | $79.7M | 2012 |
20% | 67% | The Lucky One | Executive Producer | $60.4M | 2012 |
60% | 77% | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Executive Producer | $186.8M | 2011 |
46% | 60% | Happy Feet Two | Executive Producer | $64.0M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Feet Two: The IMAX Experience | Executive Producer | - | 2011 |
30% | 61% | Life as We Know It | Executive Producer | $53.4M | 2010 |
52% | 64% | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Executive Producer | $55.7M | 2010 |
13% | 38% | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Executive Producer | $43.6M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Executive Producer | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D | Executive Producer | - | 2010 |
70% | 77% | Sherlock Holmes | Executive Producer | $209.0M | 2009 |
73% | 57% | Where the Wild Things Are | Executive Producer | $77.2M | 2009 |
46% | 66% | Yes Man | Executive Producer | $97.7M | 2008 |
81% | 90% | Gran Torino | Executive Producer | $148.1M | 2008 |
30% | 52% | Nights in Rodanthe | Executive Producer | $41.8M | 2008 |
42% | 60% | Speed Racer | Executive Producer | $43.9M | 2008 |
68% | 68% | I Am Legend | Executive Producer | $256.4M | 2007 |
43% | 64% | The Brave One | Executive Producer | $36.8M | 2007 |
20% | 40% | The Invasion | Executive Producer | $15.1M | 2007 |
7% | 53% | License to Wed | Executive Producer | $43.8M | 2007 |
70% | 75% | Ocean's Thirteen | Executive Producer | $117.1M | 2007 |
28% | 28% | Lucky You | Executive Producer | $5.8M | 2007 |
8% | 49% | The Reaping | Executive Producer | $25.1M | 2007 |
63% | 68% | Music and Lyrics | Executive Producer | $50.6M | 2007 |
42% | 62% | No Reservations | Executive Producer | $43.1M | 2007 |
30% | 53% | Unaccompanied Minors | Executive Producer | $16.6M | 2006 |
19% | 37% | Firewall | Executive Producer | $48.7M | 2006 |
14% | 46% | The Dukes of Hazzard | Executive Producer | $80.3M | 2005 |
28% | 43% | House of Wax | Executive Producer | $32.0M | 2005 |
8% | 18% | Catwoman | Executive Producer | $40.2M | 2004 |
55% | 60% | Ocean's Twelve | Executive Producer | $125.5M | 2004 |
53% | 73% | Troy | Executive Producer | $133.2M | 2004 |
22% | 54% | Taking Lives | Producer | $32.7M | 2004 |
34% | 60% | The Matrix Revolutions | Executive Producer | $139.3M | 2003 |
89% | 89% | Mystic River | Executive Producer | $90.1M | 2003 |
74% | 72% | The Matrix Reloaded | Executive Producer | $281.5M | 2003 |
28% | 35% | Dreamcatcher | Producer | $33.7M | 2003 |
42% | 59% | Two Weeks Notice | Executive Producer | $93.3M | 2002 |
26% | 39% | Analyze That | Executive Producer | $32.1M | 2002 |
15% | 37% | Ghost Ship | Executive Producer | $30.1M | 2002 |
5% | 20% | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Executive Producer | $4.4M | 2002 |
47% | 33% | Eight Legged Freaks | Producer | $17.3M | 2002 |
25% | 25% | Showtime | Executive Producer | $37.9M | 2002 |
17% | 66% | Queen of the Damned | Executive Producer | $30.3M | 2002 |
83% | 80% | Ocean's Eleven | Executive Producer | $183.4M | 2001 |
74% | 89% | Training Day | Executive Producer | $76.3M | 2001 |
24% | 49% | Don't Say a Word | Executive Producer | $55.0M | 2001 |
49% | 64% | Hearts in Atlantis | Executive Producer | $24.2M | 2001 |
53% | 32% | Cats & Dogs | Executive Producer | $93.4M | 2001 |
26% | 59% | Swordfish | Executive Producer | $69.8M | 2001 |
33% | 45% | Exit Wounds | Executive Producer | $51.8M | 2001 |
23% | 44% | See Spot Run | Executive Producer | $33.4M | 2001 |
18% | 51% | Saving Silverman | Executive Producer | $19.4M | 2001 |
11% | 33% | Valentine | Executive Producer | $20.4M | 2001 |
41% | 69% | Miss Congeniality | Executive Producer | $106.8M | 2000 |
14% | 28% | Red Planet | Producer | $17.5M | 2000 |
28% | 47% | Gossip | Executive Producer | $5.1M | 2000 |
29% | 48% | Three to Tango | Executive Producer | $10.5M | 1999 |
94% | 77% | Three Kings | Executive Producer | $60.7M | 1999 |
60% | 39% | Deep Blue Sea | Executive Producer | $73.6M | 1999 |
83% | 85% | The Matrix | Executive Producer | $171.4M | 1999 |
69% | 62% | Analyze This | Executive Producer | $106.8M | 1999 |
24% | 73% | Practical Magic | Executive Producer | $46.8M | 1998 |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dynasty | Campaign Worker (Guest Star) | 1988 |