Brian Grazer’s Net Worth

Here’s movie producer Brian Grazer’s estimated net worth. While producers typically aren’t as well known as movie stars or directors, there are some big names like Joel Silver or Kevin Feige. Brian Grazer would be another name of note – and not just for his famous hair – who after briefly considering a career in law decided to focus on making movies. His first producing credit is the 1978 TV movie comedy Zuma Beach, which is notable for being written by John Carpenter. It during the 1980s he would form a friendship and creative partnership with actor/director Ron Howard which lasts to this day.

Brian Grazer produced Howard’s 1982’s Night Shift, starring Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton, and they later scored a major success with 1984 mermaid comedy Splash, which Grazer also had a hand in writing. The duo cemented their partnership by co-founding production comedy Imagine Entertainment in 1985, which since its founding has produced countless hit movies and TV shows and generated billions in revenue; the producer himself has personally nabbed four Academy Award nods for his work with Imagine.

In addition to producing most of Ron Howard’s directing output like Apollo 13, the 1990s saw Brian Grazer produce a string of hits, including My Girl, Kindergarten Cop and various Eddie Murphy vehicles like The Nutty Professor and comedy gem Bowfinger. Of course, they can’t all but hits and he suffered a few duds like Steve Martin’s Sgt. Bilko remake, John Grisham thriller The Chamber and the Psycho remake. Given how prolific and successful Imagine Entertainment has been, it’s little wonder Brian Grazer’s net worth is said to be in the region of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

During the 2000s Brian Grazer’s track record with hits only grew, producing the likes of Howard’s Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile and Jodie Foster thriller Flightplan. Grazer also had a hand in executive producing shows like 24 and Friday Night Lights. He and Howard also act as exec producers on Arrested Development, and while the latter famously acts as narrator for the sitcom, he and Grazer have also appeared on the show as themselves; what’s more, they famously cameoed on The Simpsons season 10 episode “When You Dish Upon A Star,” though they sadly have yet to produce Homer’s screenplay The Terminizor: An Erotic Thriller.

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer brought bestseller The Da Vinci Code to the big screen in 2006, and while reviews were lukewarm it was a gigantic success; they later produced two sequels, including 2016’s Inferno. Grazer has produced so many major movies and shows it’s difficult to list them all, but some of his most recent include Tom Cruise drama American Made, Howard’s poorly-received Hillbilly Elegy and Wu-Tang: An American Saga, which will return for a second series. He’s even authored a couple of bestselling books, including 2015’s Curious Mind: The Secret To A Bigger Life

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It’s pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site.

A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games – he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU – where Hawkeye is clearly the best character – to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle.

He’s super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. He can be found as i_Padds on Twitter making bad puns.

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