I was lucky enough to run into Brian backstage in NYC at Fox & Friends. He asked about SpinGym, tried it, loved it and even posted it to Twitter!
He co-founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986, with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $13 billion.The movies include four for which Grazer was personally nominated for an Academy Award: Splash (1984), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and Frost/Nixon (2008). His films and TV series have been nominated for 43 Academy Awards, and 131 Emmys.
In 2002, Grazer won an Oscar for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind (shared with Ron Howard). In 2007, he was named one of Time‘s “100 Most Influential People in the World“.
Grazer began his career as a producer developing television projects. While executive-producing TV pilots at Paramount Pictures in the early 1980s, he met current long-time friend and business partner Ron Howard.
He produced his first feature-film, Night Shift, in 1982, directed by Howard. Grazer and Howard teamed up again for Splash in 1984, which Grazer produced and co-wrote. Splash earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay of 1984.
In 1986, Grazer and Howard co-founded Imagine Entertainment, which became one of Hollywood’s most prolific and successful production companies. Over the years, Grazer’s films and TV shows have been nominated for a total of 43 Academy Awards, and 131 Emmys. At the same time, his movies have generated more than $13.5 billion in worldwide theatrical, music, and video grosses.
Grazer’s early film successes include Parenthood (1989) and Backdraft (1991) and Apollo 13 (1995), In 1998, he earned two major honors: he was given his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
In 2001, Grazer won an Academy Award for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind.
In 2015 Grazer published his book A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, in which he discusses conversations with interesting people, many of whom inspired his work.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
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